release branch for 25.12 release

Author: madelinevibes

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v25.12rc3
+v25.12

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [25.12rc2] - 2025-11-28: "Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience"
+## [25.12] - 2025-12-04: "Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience"
 
-Release Candidate for Core Lightning v25.12
-
-This release named by @sangbida
+This release is named by @sangbida
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes.
 [#8651]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8651
 [#8561]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8561
 [#8302]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8302
-[v25.12rc2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.12rc2
+[v25.12]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.12
 
 
 ## [25.09.3] - 2025-11-06: "Hot Wallet Guardian IV"

contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .gossmapstats import GossmapStats
 from .version import NodeVersion
 
-__version__ = "v25.12rc3"
+__version__ = "v25.12"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "v25.12rc3"
+version = "v25.12"
 description = "Client library and plugin library for Core Lightning"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "[email protected]" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

contrib/pyln-proto/pyln/proto/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .onion import OnionPayload, TlvPayload, LegacyOnionPayload
 from .wire import LightningConnection, LightningServerSocket
 
-__version__ = "v25.12rc3"
+__version__ = "v25.12"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "v25.12rc3"
+version = "v25.12"
 description = "This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python. It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds (you have been warned!)."
 authors = [
     {name = "Christian Decker", email = "[email protected]"}

contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "v25.12rc3"
+__version__ = "v25.12"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "v25.12rc3"
+version = "v25.12"
 description = "Test your Core Lightning integration, plugins or whatever you want"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "[email protected]" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

tools/reckless

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from urllib.error import HTTPError
 import venv
 
 
-__VERSION__ = 'v25.12rc3'
+__VERSION__ = 'v25.12'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,