chore(release): Elect version 615045e039c57ed842c689e49a07ab3de3a8a781 as GuestOS candidate for rollout (#1657)

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+Release Notes for [release-2025-07-24\_03-31-base](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/tree/release-2025-07-24_03-31-base) (`615045e039c57ed842c689e49a07ab3de3a8a781`)
+=================================================================================================================================================================
+
+This release is based on changes since [release-2025-07-17\_11-23-base](https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/release/143a635e2af0f574e1ea0f795f8754dfbd86c0c0) (`143a635e2af0f574e1ea0f795f8754dfbd86c0c0`).
+
+Please note that some commits may be excluded from this release if they're not relevant, or not modifying the GuestOS image.
+Additionally, descriptions of some changes might have been slightly modified to fit the release notes format.
+
+To see a full list of commits added since last release, compare the revisions on [GitHub](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/compare/release-2025-07-17_11-23-base...release-2025-07-24_03-31-base).
+
+Features:
+---------
+
+* [`b09c9b787`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/b09c9b787) Consensus,Interface: Cleanup how images are used as test dependencies ([#5912](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5912))
+* [`fef839dd6`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/fef839dd6) Consensus,Interface: Extra progress logging for response body streaming in `file_downloader.rs` ([#6004](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6004))
+* [`06621806f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/06621806f) Execution,Interface: Add environment variables validation ([#5987](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5987))
+* [`b3d032a80`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/b3d032a80) Interface(idkg): add `max_pre_signature_transcripts_in_creation` to `ChainKeyConfig` ([#5972](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5972))
+* [`aa078c6c1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/aa078c6c1) Interface(NRC): Implement RegistryClient with support for rewardable nodes computation ([#5869](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5869))
+* [`7a809c0b3`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/7a809c0b3) Interface,Message Routing: New format for canister ranges in state tree ([#5907](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5907))
+* [`70fe1d8f3`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/70fe1d8f3) Interface,Node(node): Run config.json bootstrap on each GuestOS boot ([#5978](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5978))
+* [`3ae9f4e1d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/3ae9f4e1d) Interface,Node: Implement mapped device for Upgrade Guest VMs ([#5913](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5913))
+* [`3afd0111a`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/3afd0111a) Interface,Node: Load and store SEV certificate chain in HostOS and pass it to the Guest in the config ([#5802](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5802))
+
+Bugfixes:
+---------
+
+* [`21ee6eb49`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/21ee6eb49) Consensus,Interface: Replace logging helpers with macros in `file_downloader.rs` to preserve call-site metadata ([#5998](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5998))
+* [`1edecd12c`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1edecd12c) Consensus,Interface(orchestrator): properly log some messages ([#5992](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5992))
+* [`fff7fd5e2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/fff7fd5e2) Execution,Interface: port Haskell tests of canister version to Rust and fix one edge case in mgmt canister ([#5973](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5973))
+* [`4bb92583b`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4bb92583b) Execution,Interface,Message Routing: Check input queue before canister migration ([#6022](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6022))
+
+Chores:
+-------
+
+* [`abd085a63`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/abd085a63) Consensus,Interface: Add more Http outcalls logs ([#5985](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5985))
+* [`972668c31`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/972668c31) Consensus,Interface: inline dependencies in bitcoin crates ([#5997](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5997))
+* [`f60a8a106`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/f60a8a106) Consensus,Interface: Implement `ErrorReproducibility` for crypto errors occurring during IDKG payload validation ([#5964](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5964))
+* [`a058e8936`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/a058e8936) Consensus,Interface: Implement `From<MasterPublicKeyId>` for `AlgorithmId` ([#5962](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5962))
+* [`1c1f28561`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1c1f28561) Execution,Interface: consolidate cycles and memory usage checks in management canister ([#6021](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6021))
+* [`00ba5cb4f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/00ba5cb4f) Execution,Interface: Remove deprecated compute\_initial\_i\_dkg\_dealings endpoint Pt. 2 ([#6001](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6001))
+* [`6ff466687`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/6ff466687) Execution,Interface: Upgrade wasmtime to 34.0.1 ([#5817](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5817))
+* [`8293fceed`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8293fceed) Owners: drop nightly toolchain ([#5979](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5979))
+* [`7d986351d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/7d986351d) Owners: bump rules\_rust ([#5976](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5976))
+* [`e6024e781`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e6024e781) Node: Create guestos\_config\_version metric ([#5703](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5703))
+
+Refactoring:
+------------
+
+* [`4d30f6781`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4d30f6781) Interface,Node(node): Add rust-ini parser ([#5974](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5974))
+
+---------------------------------------
+
+## Excluded Changes
+
+### Changed files are excluded by file path filter
+* [`1da26cc6f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1da26cc6f) Interface(cmc): Separate cycles minting limit for Subnet Rental Canister ([#5877](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5877))
+* [`fcf8bac76`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/fcf8bac76) Execution,Interface: refactor canister\_logging tests ([#6018](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6018))
+* [`c6c51c590`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/c6c51c590) Execution,Interface,Message Routing: Reduce the number of nodes contributing to test IDKG transcripts ([#6028](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6028))
+* [`aa0c00c9f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/aa0c00c9f) Interface: Fix registry tests ([#6009](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6009))
+
+### Not modifying GuestOS
+* [`04d65b410`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/04d65b410) Interface(ICRC\_Rosetta): Handle startup ledger errors ([#5884](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5884))
+* [`2a2d6c212`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/2a2d6c212) Interface(nns): Keep the voting power spike detection when the snapshots are not full ([#5932](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5932))
+* [`d7e8c8b5b`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/d7e8c8b5b) Interface(PocketIC): PocketIC can recover from a state directory after being killed ([#5921](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5921))
+* [`f56ac6282`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/f56ac6282) Interface(nns-governance): Execute FulfillSubnetRentalRequest proposals. ([#5854](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5854))
+* [`65f66f13f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/65f66f13f) Interface: support for external mainnet canisters in the bazel workspace ([#5938](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5938))
+* [`98a52a04d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/98a52a04d) Interface(nns-tools): improve the forum post links ([#5959](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5959))
+* [`b6696ce01`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/b6696ce01) Interface(nns): Add a staleness metric for voting power snapshots ([#5933](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5933))
+* [`059e90345`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/059e90345) Interface(fuzzing): protobuf fuzzer for Block ([#856](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/856))
+* [`d9ff68124`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/d9ff68124) Owners: add bazel command to diff script ([#6014](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6014))
+* [`13957c30d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/13957c30d) Owners: run quick feedback tests on PRs ([#5967](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5967))
+* [`1e835606d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1e835606d) Interface: fail when IcGatewayVm does not become healthy ([#5988](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5988))
+* [`82496f33a`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/82496f33a) Owners: PocketIC test flakiness when killing PocketIC server ([#6020](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6020))
+* [`741a70439`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/741a70439) Owners: build fuzzers with bazel action ([#6015](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6015))
+* [`8aba5546a`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8aba5546a) Owners: Exclude sev crate from reproducibility checks ([#5996](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5996))
+* [`1d71fbfb6`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1d71fbfb6) Owners(PocketIC): distinguish between arm64 and x86\_64 when downloading PocketIC server ([#5924](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5924))
+* [`df518565b`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/df518565b) Consensus,Interface: run IC nodes in tecdsa performance tests on Dells ([#5975](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5975))
+* [`615045e03`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/615045e03) Interface: require HostFeature::IoPerformance in the io\_perf\_benchmark ([#6032](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6032))
+* [`e73934e69`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e73934e69) Interface: support retrieving the hostname of IC nodes in testnets ([#6029](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6029))
+* [`3e3587510`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/3e3587510) Interface: add the IoPerformance HostFeature to the system-testing driver ([#6027](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6027))
+* [`a80ae5037`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/a80ae5037) Interface(boundary): add `ic-gateway` logs in `system-tests` ([#6013](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6013))
+* [`8f772dcaf`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8f772dcaf) Interface(NPR): Refactor NPR to use dyn CanisterRegistryClient ([#6000](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6000))
+* [`36cffa3b5`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/36cffa3b5) Interface: track NNS governance test canister in mainnet canisters ([#5916](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5916))
+* [`332111fb8`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/332111fb8) Interface: track mainnet cycles ledger index canister ([#5927](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5927))
+* [`e7db6bab2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e7db6bab2) Interface: adding vector vm to all testnets ([#5963](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5963))
+* [`e44bb4c32`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e44bb4c32) Interface: enable environment variables as nonmainnet feature in PocketIC ([#5951](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5951))
+* [`794a2e718`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/794a2e718) Owners: Update Mainnet ICOS revisions file ([#5919](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5919))
+* [`8868fa849`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8868fa849) Owners: Update Mainnet IC revisions canisters file ([#6007](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6007))
+* [`6a2bbef49`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/6a2bbef49) Owners: Update Mainnet IC revisions canisters file ([#5999](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5999))
+* [`11824f150`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/11824f150) Owners: embed README in pocket-ic crate docs ([#5991](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5991))
+* [`5bdff6cb4`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/5bdff6cb4) Interface: testnet can add nodes with different specified hosts ([#6005](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6005))
+* [`216a40080`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/216a40080) Interface(nns): Refactor golden state test to more easily add more sanity checks ([#6006](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/6006))
+* [`e88f9bae2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e88f9bae2) Interface(ICP\_Rosetta): Unflake ICP Rosetta test\_neuron\_voting ([#5971](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5971))
+* [`4dc479127`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4dc479127) Interface(governance): Added entries to Governance backend CHANGELOGs for 2025-07-18. ([#5980](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5980))
+
+### Scope of the change (sns) is not related to the artifact
+* [`da4b940a2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/da4b940a2) Interface(sns): Implement RegisterExtension proposals ([#5770](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/5770))