[CHANGELOG] for release 24.5.1 (#7097)

* added download links and next release
* we have already upgraded to Gradle 8

Signed-off-by: Sally MacFarlane <macfarla.github@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 ## Next Release
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Additions and Improvements
+- Remove deprecated Goerli testnet [#7049](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7049)
+- Default bonsai to use full-flat db and code-storage-by-code-hash [#6984](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6894)
+- New RPC methods miner_setExtraData and miner_getExtraData [#7078](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7078)
+- Disconnect peers that have multiple discovery ports since they give us bad neighbours [#7089](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7089)
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+
+## 24.5.1
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 - RocksDB database metadata format has changed to be more expressive, the migration of an existing metadata file to the new format is automatic at startup. Before performing a downgrade to a previous version it is mandatory to revert to the original format using the subcommand `besu --data-path=/path/to/besu/datadir storage revert-metadata v2-to-v1`.
 - BFT networks won't start with SNAP or CHECKPOINT sync (previously Besu would start with this config but quietly fail to sync, so it's now more obvious that it won't work) [#6625](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6625), [#6667](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6667)
@@ -13,7 +26,9 @@
 - Receipt compaction will be enabled by default in a future version of Besu. After this change it will not be possible to downgrade to the previous Besu version.
 - PKI-backed QBFT will be removed in a future version of Besu. Other forms of QBFT will remain unchanged. 
 
-### Deprecations
+### Known Issues
+- [Frequency: occasional < 10%] Chain download halt. Only affects new syncs (new nodes syncing from scratch). Symptom: Block import halts, despite having a full set of peers and world state downloading finishing. Generally restarting besu will resolve the issue. We are tracking this in [#6884](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6884)
+- [Frequency: occasional < 10%] Low peer numbers. More likely to occur on testnets (holesky and sepolia) but also can occur on mainnet. Symptom: peer count stays at 0 for an hour or more. Generally restarting besu will resolve the issue. We are tracking this in [#6805](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6805)
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Update "host allow list" logic to transition from deprecated `host()` method to suggested `authority()` method.[#6878](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/6878)
@@ -46,11 +61,6 @@
 - Add `rlp decode` subcommand to decode IBFT/QBFT extraData to validator list [#6895](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6895)
 - Allow users to specify which plugins are registered [#6700](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6700)
 - Layered txpool tuning for blob transactions [#6940](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6940)
-- Update Gradle to 7.6.4 [#7030](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7030)
-- Remove deprecated Goerli testnet [#7049](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7049)
-- Default bonsai to use full-flat db and code-storage-by-code-hash [#6984](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6894)
-- New RPC methods miner_setExtraData and miner_getExtraData [#7078](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7078)
-- Disconnect peers that have multiple discovery ports since they give us bad neighbours [#7089](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7089)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix txpool dump/restore race condition [#6665](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6665)
@@ -65,6 +75,9 @@
 - Fix chain halt due to peers only partially responding with headers. And worldstate halts caused by a halt in the chain sync [#7027](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7027)
 
 ### Download Links
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/tag/24.5.1
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/download/24.5.1/besu-24.5.1.tar.gz / sha256 77e39b21dbd4186136193fc6e832ddc1225eb5078a5ac980fb754b33ad35d554
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/download/24.5.1/besu-24.5.1.zip / sha256 13d75b6b22e1303f39fd3eaddf736b24ca150b2bafa7b98fce7c7782e54b213f
 
 ## 24.3.0