Release 1.69.0

[bajertom]

Notes, contributors, tests

• Review the release notes content and update the text as needed
• Write release notes for any essential changes which were missed
• Verify the rendering locally using make docs or the docs/readthedocs.org:tmt GitHub action check
• Use ./scripts/list-new-contributors to identify new contributors, update docs/overview.rst accordingly
• Commit and push all release notes and contributor changes
• Make sure that the full test coverage has been successfully executed
• Merge the release pull request

Tag, release, downstream

• Make sure you have the release commit: git checkout main && git pull
• Tag the commit with x.y.z, push tags using git push --tags
• Create a new github release based on the tag above
• Mention the most important changes in the release name, do not include version
• Push the “Generate release notes” button to create the content, publish the release
• Check Fedora pull requests and review proposed changes
• Make sure that tests pass and merge individual pull requests

Milestones, container images

• Use the bulk edit in the milestone view to set the milestone for all issues and pull requests included in the sprint
• Close the corresponding release milestone
• Once the non development copr build is completed, run the publish-images workflow to build fresh container image.

[tcornell-bus]

LGTM

[AthreyVinay]

lgtm, thanks @bajertom

[thrix]

LGTM. Release notes are well-written and follow project conventions. Just a note: PR #4564 (Detect and error on duplicate artifact NVRAs) might warrant a release note as it's a user-facing behavior change.

[LecrisUT]

PR #4564 (Detect and error on duplicate artifact NVRAs) might warrant a release note as it's a user-facing behavior change.

These are still in technical preview, breaking changes to be expected 😅. Fine with me with or without one

[bajertom]

Failed on Rawhide (not required) - avc check only, actual test result is Pass. Expected AVC check's Fail (which now passes) is going to get reverted in #4674 - it was only a temporary workaround.
Log is incomplete, but no other fails can be seen in the log.
Merging.