v22.3.0

Stability improvements

• Win compile fix march2025 by @MonsieurNicolas in #4669
• Switch in-memory index to hash set by @SirTyson in #4665
• Update metrics and example config based on current implemention by @marta-lokhova in #4664
• Change expensive timer metrics to trend counters by @SirTyson in #4670
• Use raii lock in DownloadBucketsWork by @SirTyson in #4675
• Fix soroban test upgrades by @SirTyson in #4654
• Removed peer authenticated assert in Floodgate::broadcast by @SirTyson in #4680
• Fix core assert failure in debug logging mode by @marta-lokhova in #4681
• BucketSnapshotManager Race by @SirTyson in #4702
• LedgerTxn::getHeader cleanup by @marta-lokhova in #4698
• Startup bug fix by @SirTyson in #4701
• Remove redundant loads from checkValid path by @SirTyson in #4704
• Disable LTX cache when BucketList is in memory by @SirTyson in #4706
• Overlay cleanup and additional tests by @marta-lokhova in #4713
• Incorporate clang thread-safety static analysis into core by @marta-lokhova in #4727

New features

• Load generator: add a new mode to pre-generate load offline by @marta-lokhova in #4671
• Introduce an experimental flag to batch transactions to flood by @marta-lokhova in #4692
• Add config option to skip some validator checks for testing (for v22.3.0 release) by @bboston7 in #4709
• Add option to validate transaction signatures in the background by @bboston7 in #4699

Full Changelog: v22.2.0...v22.3.0