Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#34463: [28.x] Backports

f6e5ec5d81 doc: update release notes for v28.x (fanquake)
5879b5a172 chore: Update outdated GitHub Actions versions (Padraic Slattery)
4fca124c0b ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job (Max Edwards)
4d4e3600af ci: use macos-14 image (fanquake)
6b5a536c05 doc: update copyright year (fanquake)

Pull request description:

  Contains one change to switch the macOS runners to a version that still works (13 -> 14):
  * 4d4e3600af

  Also backports:
  * #32513 (partial backport)
  * #34174
  * #34344

ACKs for top commit:
  marcofleon:
    ACK f6e5ec5d81

Tree-SHA512: 63e4b08779852984c48aaf555f6ce9a7afd12bad65b8062dcc6351b39f6a3a355efd0e0277e8a62400588613db86c45f196efc1ac7b91317821d69301badebcf

.github/actions/configure-docker/action.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
 
     # This is required to allow buildkit to access the actions cache
     - name: Expose actions cache variables
-      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      uses: actions/github-script@v8
       with:
         script: |
           core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_CACHE_URL', process.env['ACTIONS_CACHE_URL'])

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Determine fetch depth
         run: echo "FETCH_DEPTH=$((${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} + 2))" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: ${{ env.FETCH_DEPTH }}
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ jobs:
           git rebase --exec "echo Running test-one-commit on \$( git log -1 ) && ./autogen.sh && CC=clang CXX=clang++ ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb && make clean && make -j $(nproc) check && ./test/functional/test_runner.py -j $(( $(nproc) * 2 ))" ${{ env.TEST_BASE }}
 
   macos-native-x86_64:
-    name: 'macOS 13 native, x86_64, no depends, sqlite only, gui'
+    name: 'macOS 14 native, x86_64, no depends, sqlite only, gui'
     # Use latest image, but hardcode version to avoid silent upgrades (and breaks).
     # See: https://github.com/actions/runner-images#available-images.
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    runs-on: macos-14
 
     # No need to run on the read-only mirror, unless it is a PR.
     if: github.repository != 'bitcoin-core/gui' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - &CHECKOUT
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           # Ensure the latest merged pull request state is used, even on re-runs.
           ref: &CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || '' }}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/test_run_all.sh
 
       - name: Save Ccache cache
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v5
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && steps.ccache-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
@@ -171,11 +171,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - *CHECKOUT
 
-      - name: Configure Developer Command Prompt for Microsoft Visual C++
-        # Using microsoft/setup-msbuild is not enough.
-        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
-        with:
-          arch: x64
+      - name: Set up VS Developer Prompt
+        shell: pwsh -Command "$PSVersionTable; $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference = $true; $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; & '{0}'"
+        run: |
+          $vswherePath = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+          $installationPath = & $vswherePath -latest -property installationPath
+          & "${env:COMSPEC}" /s /c "`"$installationPath\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd.bat`" -arch=x64 -no_logo && set" | foreach-object {
+            $name, $value = $_ -split '=', 2
+            echo "$name=$value" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          }
 
       - name: Get tool information
         run: |
@@ -269,13 +273,13 @@ jobs:
           git rev-parse HEAD | Tee-Object -FilePath "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\vcpkg_commit"
 
       - name: vcpkg tools cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: C:/vcpkg/downloads/tools
           key: ${{ github.job }}-vcpkg-tools
 
       - name: vcpkg binary cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ~/AppData/Local/vcpkg/archives
           key: ${{ github.job }}-vcpkg-binary-${{ hashFiles('vcpkg_commit', 'msbuild_version', 'toolset_version', 'build_msvc/vcpkg.json') }}
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ jobs:
       CONTAINER_NAME: "bitcoin-linter"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: *CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL
           fetch-depth: 0

COPYING

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2025 The Bitcoin Core developers
-Copyright (c) 2009-2025 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Bitcoin Developers
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

configure.ac

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 3)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2025)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2026)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[Bitcoin Core]])
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],m4_join([.], _CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)m4_if(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, [0], [], [rc]_CLIENT_VERSION_RC),[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin],[https://bitcoincore.org/])

contrib/debian/copyright

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Upstream-Contact: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
 Source: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2009-2025, Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright: 2009-2026, Bitcoin Core Developers
 License: Expat
 Comment: The Bitcoin Core Developers encompasses all contributors to the
          project, listed in the release notes or the git log.

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -45,12 +45,25 @@ Notable changes
 
 - #34227 guix: Fix `osslsigncode` tests
 
+### CI
+
+- #32513 ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job
+- #34344 ci: update GitHub Actions versions
+- #34463 ci: use macos-14 image
+
+### Misc
+
+- #34174 doc: update copyright year to 2026
+
 Credits
 =======
 
 Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
 
+- fanquake
 - Hennadii Stepanov
+- m3dwards
+- Padraic Slattery
 - SatsAndSports
 
 As well as to everyone that helped with translations on