Add release notes for v24.3.23, v25.2.9, v25.3.5 (#21112)

* Add release notes for v24.3.23, v25.2.9, v25.3.5

Fixes:

- REL-3658
- REL-3672
- REL-3686

* Drop broken link to #v23-1 from release index

Author: rmloveland

src/current/_data/releases.yml

@@ -9880,3 +9880,105 @@
   cloud_only_message: >
       This version is currently available only for
       CockroachDB Cloud clusters on the Advanced plan.
+
+- release_name: v25.3.5
+  major_version: v25.3
+  release_date: '2025-11-14'
+  release_type: Production
+  go_version: go1.25.3
+  sha: adc4b2ff64df47187d363c76db80a5ed4200aa35
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v25.3.4
+  cloud_only: true
+  cloud_only_message_short: 'Available only for select CockroachDB Cloud clusters'
+  cloud_only_message: >
+      This version is currently available only for select
+      CockroachDB Cloud clusters. To request to upgrade
+      a CockroachDB self-hosted cluster to this version,
+      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).
+
+- release_name: v25.2.9
+  major_version: v25.2
+  release_date: '2025-11-14'
+  release_type: Production
+  go_version: go1.25.3
+  sha: f0bfb1cb00838ff45a508e4f1eba087e9835a674
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v25.2.8
+  cloud_only: true
+  cloud_only_message_short: 'Available only for select CockroachDB Cloud clusters'
+  cloud_only_message: >
+      This version is currently available only for select
+      CockroachDB Cloud clusters. To request to upgrade
+      a CockroachDB self-hosted cluster to this version,
+      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).
+
+- release_name: v24.3.23
+  major_version: v24.3
+  release_date: '2025-11-14'
+  release_type: Production
+  go_version: go1.25.3
+  sha: 312bef74c778c17fb77228c22838fb3efd331562
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v24.3.22
+  cloud_only: true
+  cloud_only_message_short: 'Available only for select CockroachDB Cloud clusters'
+  cloud_only_message: >
+      This version is currently available only for select
+      CockroachDB Cloud clusters. To request to upgrade
+      a CockroachDB self-hosted cluster to this version,
+      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).

src/current/_includes/releases/v24.3/v24.3.23.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## v24.3.23
+
+Release Date: November 14, 2025
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v24-3-23-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Added the `sql.statements.bytes_read.count` metric that counts the number of bytes scanned by SQL statements. [#156598][#156598]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_rows_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index rows modified by SQL statements. [#156598][#156598]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_bytes_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index bytes modified by SQL statements. [#156598][#156598]
+- Added the `sql.statements.rows_read.count` metric that counts the number of index rows read by SQL statements. [#156598][#156598]
+
+<h3 id="v24-3-23-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug where the job responsible for compacting stats for the SQL activity state could enter an unschedulable state. [#155971][#155971]
+- Fixed a bug where changefeeds using CDC queries could sometimes unexpectedly fail after a schema change with a descriptor retrieval error. [#156549][#156549]
+
+[#155971]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/155971
+[#156549]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156549
+[#156598]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156598

src/current/_includes/releases/v25.2/v25.2.9.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## v25.2.9
+
+Release Date: November 14, 2025
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v25-2-9-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Added the sql.statements.rows_read.count metric that counts the number of index rows read by SQL statements. [#156595][#156595]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_rows_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index rows modified by SQL statements. [#156595][#156595]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_bytes_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index bytes modified by SQL statements. [#156595][#156595]
+- Added the `sql.statements.bytes_read.count` metric that counts the number of bytes scanned by SQL statements. [#156595][#156595]
+
+<h3 id="v25-2-9-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug where changefeeds using CDC queries could sometimes unexpectedly fail after a schema change with a descriptor retrieval error. [#156552][#156552]
+
+[#156595]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156595
+[#156552]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156552

src/current/_includes/releases/v25.3/v25.3.5.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## v25.3.5
+
+Release Date: November 14, 2025
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v25-3-5-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Added the `sql.statements.bytes_read.count` metric that counts the number of bytes scanned by SQL statements. [#156592][#156592]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_rows_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index rows modified by SQL statements. [#156592][#156592]
+- Added the `sql.statements.rows_read.count` metric that counts the number of index rows read by SQL statements. [#156592][#156592]
+- Added the `sql.statements.index_bytes_written.count` metric that counts the number of primary and secondary index bytes modified by SQL statements. [#156592][#156592]
+
+<h3 id="v25-3-5-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug where the job responsible for compacting stats for the SQL activity state could enter an unschedulable state. [#155964][#155964]
+- Fixed a bug where CockroachDB didn't include reads and writes performed by routines (user-defined functions and stored procedures) as well as apply joins into the `bytes read`, `rows read`, and `rows written` statement execution statistics. The bug had been present since before v23.2. [#156501][#156501]
+- Fixed a bug where changefeeds using CDC queries could sometimes unexpectedly fail after a schema change with a descriptor retrieval error. [#156551][#156551]
+
+[#156592]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156592
+[#155964]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/155964
+[#156501]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156501
+[#156551]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/156551