ArangoDB version 3.12.5 released

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We are happy to announce the release of ArangoDB version 3.12.5!

This patch version is ready for production deployment and is a recommended upgrade for all 3.12 users (which has to be done carefully with the documented procedures).

Please notice that according and in conjunction to the license update noted at https://arangodb.com/2024/02/update-evolving-arangodbs-licensing-model-for-a-sustainable-future/ there will be only Enterprise-based distributives delivered starting 3.12.5 version.

Apart from some basic cleanup and code improvements related to found issues, the following notable things have been added to the 3.12.5 version of ArangoDB:

• Updated ArangoDB Starter to v0.19.12.
• Rebuilt included rclone v1.65.2 with go1.23.10 and non-vulnerable dependencies.
• FE-575: adds debounce and loading state for node start search.
• Upgrade LZ4 to 1.10.0
• Switched to customized (instead of official) forked rclone v1.65.2 built with go1.23.8 to avoid CVEs.
• Upgraded OpenSSL to 3.5.0.
• Set Node v20.14.0 for core UI production (CI) compilation.
• Implement license changes: The Community Edition without a license now has a 100 GiB disk usage limit.
• Add visibility for recent api calls via a new API /_admin/server/api-calls.
• Added support for access tokens.
• Change default for --rocksdb.periodic-compaction-ttl from 30 days to 24 hours.
• Disable creating a vector index with zero nLists.
• Updated compiler to clang-19.

Full changelog can be found here: https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb/blob/v3.12.5/CHANGELOG.
 
Version 3.12.5 distributives can be obtained at https://www.arangodb.com/download/.