[DO NOT MERGE] Changeset Release Preview - v2.18.0

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Changelog Chainlink Core

2.18.0 - PREVIEW

added

• #14308 3e9e058da4 Thanks @kidambisrinivas! - #added log-event-trigger LOOPP capability, using ChainReader

• #14588 fc1fefcba7 Thanks @0xnogo! - #added Add RMNRemote in the chain reader definition

• #14576 0e35bc794c Thanks @aalu1418! - #added solana: compute unit limit configuration and transaction instruction

• #14491 c6e6e213a6 Thanks @jinhoonbang! - #added HTTP target capability and gateway connector handler

• #14500 d435981038 Thanks @0xnogo! - #added Pass the home chain selector to the commit plugin factory

• #14558 133e347872 Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Added EVM.HeadTracker.PersistenceEnabled config option to disable persistence for HeadTracker. #added

updated

• #14530 2c16f46311 Thanks @Madalosso! - #updated default config values for FinalityTagEnabled to match CCIP configs

wip

• #14536 4b977021ed Thanks @jinhoonbang! - #wip implement gateway handler that forwards outgoing request from http target capability. introduce gateway http client

bugfix

• #14534 de268e98b8 Thanks @huangzhen1997! - - register polling subscription to avoid subscription leaking when rpc client gets closed.
  • add a temporary special treatment for SubscribeNewHead before we replace it with SubscribeToHeads. Add a goroutine that forwards new head from poller to caller channel.
  • fix a deadlock in poller, by using a new lock for subs slice in rpc client.
    #bugfix

internal

• #14511 8fa9a67dfc Thanks @silaslenihan! - #internal Updated QueryKey to be able to do advanced queries on contract event data words

• #14603 19690b0c44 Thanks @mateusz-sekara! - Implementing evm specific token data encoder for CCIP #internal

untagged

• #14564 8b01661e03 Thanks @momentmaker! - start of next release