release: ChangeLog and ReleaseNotes for 0.4.8.13

Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org>

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+Changes in version 0.4.8.13 - 2024-10-24
+  This is minor release fixing an important client circuit building (Conflux
+  related) bug which lead to performance degradation and extra load on the
+  network. Some minor memory leaks fixes as well as an important minor feature
+  for pluggable transports. We strongly recommend to update as soon as possible
+  for clients in order to neutralize this conflux bug.
+
+  o Major bugfixes (circuit building):
+    - Conflux circuit building was ignoring the "predicted ports"
+      feature, which aims to make Tor stop building circuits if there
+      have been no user requests lately. This bug led to every idle Tor
+      on the network building and discarding circuits every 30 seconds,
+      which added overall load to the network, used bandwidth and
+      battery from clients that weren't actively using their Tor, and
+      kept sockets open on guards which added connection padding
+      essentially forever. Fixes bug 40981; bugfix on 0.4.8.1-alpha;
+
+  o Minor feature (bridges, pluggable transport):
+    - Add STATUS TYPE=version handler for Pluggable Transport. This
+      allows us to gather version statistics on Pluggable Transport
+      usage from bridge servers on our metrics portal. Closes
+      ticket 11101.
+
+  o Minor features (fallbackdir):
+    - Regenerate fallback directories generated on October 24, 2024.
+
+  o Minor features (geoip data):
+    - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
+      retrieved on 2024/10/24.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (memleak, authority):
+    - Fix a small memleak when computing a new consensus. This only
+      affects directory authorities. Fixes bug 40966; bugfix
+      on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (memory):
+    - Fix memory leaks of the CPU worker code during shutdown. Fixes bug
+      833; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.4.8.12 - 2024-06-06
   This is a minor release with couple bugfixes affecting conflux and logging.
   We also have the return of faravahar directory authority with new keys and

diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes
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@@ -2,6 +2,46 @@ This document summarizes new features and bugfixes in each stable
 release of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the
 changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file.
 
+Changes in version 0.4.8.13 - 2024-10-24
+  This is minor release fixing an important client circuit building (Conflux
+  related) bug which lead to performance degradation and extra load on the
+  network. Some minor memory leaks fixes as well as an important minor feature
+  for pluggable transports. We strongly recommend to update as soon as possible
+  for clients in order to neutralize this conflux bug.
+
+  o Major bugfixes (circuit building):
+    - Conflux circuit building was ignoring the "predicted ports"
+      feature, which aims to make Tor stop building circuits if there
+      have been no user requests lately. This bug led to every idle Tor
+      on the network building and discarding circuits every 30 seconds,
+      which added overall load to the network, used bandwidth and
+      battery from clients that weren't actively using their Tor, and
+      kept sockets open on guards which added connection padding
+      essentially forever. Fixes bug 40981; bugfix on 0.4.8.1-alpha;
+
+  o Minor feature (bridges, pluggable transport):
+    - Add STATUS TYPE=version handler for Pluggable Transport. This
+      allows us to gather version statistics on Pluggable Transport
+      usage from bridge servers on our metrics portal. Closes
+      ticket 11101.
+
+  o Minor features (fallbackdir):
+    - Regenerate fallback directories generated on October 24, 2024.
+
+  o Minor features (geoip data):
+    - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
+      retrieved on 2024/10/24.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (memleak, authority):
+    - Fix a small memleak when computing a new consensus. This only
+      affects directory authorities. Fixes bug 40966; bugfix
+      on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (memory):
+    - Fix memory leaks of the CPU worker code during shutdown. Fixes bug
+      833; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.4.8.12 - 2024-06-06
   This is a minor release with couple bugfixes affecting conflux and logging.
   We also have the return of faravahar directory authority with new keys and

diff --git a/changes/bug40981 b/changes/bug40981
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-  o Major bugfixes (circuit building):
-    - Conflux circuit building was ignoring the "predicted ports" feature,
-      which aims to make Tor stop building circuits if there have been
-      no user requests lately. This bug led to every idle Tor on the
-      network building and discarding circuits every 30 seconds, which
-      added overall load to the network, used bandwidth and battery from
-      clients that weren't actively using their Tor, and kept sockets open
-      on guards which added connection padding essentially forever. Fixes
-      bug 40981; bugfix on 0.4.8.1-alpha;

diff --git a/changes/fallbackdirs-2024-10-24 b/changes/fallbackdirs-2024-10-24
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-  o Minor features (fallbackdir):
-    - Regenerate fallback directories generated on October 24, 2024.

diff --git a/changes/geoip-2024-10-24 b/changes/geoip-2024-10-24
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-  o Minor features (geoip data):
-    - Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database,
-      as retrieved on 2024/10/24.

diff --git a/changes/thread-memleak b/changes/thread-memleak
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-  o Minor bugfixes (memory):
-    - Fix memory leaks of the CPU worker code during shutdown. Fixes bug 833;
-      bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.

diff --git a/changes/ticket11101 b/changes/ticket11101
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-  o Minor feature (bridges, pluggable transport):
-    - Add STATUS TYPE=version handler for Pluggable Transport. This allows us to
-      gather version statistics on Pluggable Transport usage from bridge servers
-      on our metrics portal. Closes ticket 11101.

diff --git a/changes/ticket40966 b/changes/ticket40966
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-  o Minor bugfixes (memleak, authority):
-    - Fix a small memleak when computing a new consensus. This only affects
-      directory authorities. Fixes bug 40966; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.