This release named by @s373nZ .
Please note: the reproducible build is currently non-deterministic due to the compilation step of the new clnrest plugin.  We don't want that to hold up the release, however.  The issue is known and will be addressed in a subsequent point release.
Highlights for users:

Channel backup turns our peers into watchtowers by now allowing your node to generate penalty transactions!
blacklisted runes can now be restored via relist.
xpay has many, many bugfixes, and is now almost seamlessly compatible when xpay-handle-pay is used.
lightning-cli has neater help output, and doesn't crash occasionally on xpay notifications.
setconfig does more safety checks and uses a separate "config.setconfig" file for runtime changes: you can also now set transient=true if you don't want the config files changed.
Fixed a bug where we would fail to collect our own funds if we force closed a channel we had leased with --experimental-dual-fund.

Highlights for the network:

Splicing: stricter checking for better interoperability with Eclair.

Highlights for developers:

clnrest is now a rust plugin.
listpeerchannels now contains fields their_max_htlc_value_in_flight and our_max_htlc_value_in_flight to better calculate channel limits.
New notifications plugin_stopped and plugin_started.
fetchinvoice now has BIP353 DNS payment instruction support.

Since 24.11.1, we had 261 commits in 76 days from 21 different authors, including three new ones:
- Nishant Bansal
- gudnuf
- Erick λ
See the CHANGELOG for more details!
Thank you from the Core Lightning Team:
@endothermicdev, @rustyrussell, @cdecker, @nepet, @ShahanaFarooqui, and @niftynei.