chore(master): release 0.78.0

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🤖 I have created a new Aztec Packages release

0.78.0 (2025-03-07)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• convert TraitMethodNotInScope to error (chore!: convert TraitMethodNotInScope to error noir-lang/noir#7427)
• bump bb version to v0.77.0 (chore!: bump bb version to v0.77.0 noir-lang/noir#7599)
• remove merkle module from stdlib (chore!: remove merkle module from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7582)
• remove deprecated hash functions from stdlib (chore!: remove deprecated hash functions from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7477)
• frontend: Restrict capturing mutable variable in lambdas (fix(frontend)!: Restrict capturing mutable variable in lambdas noir-lang/noir#7488)
• remove U128 struct from stdlib (chore!: remove U128 struct from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7529)

Features

• barretenberg: Graph methods for circuit analysis (part 2) (#12130) (ec4c0c4)
• cli: Log and replay oracle transcript (feat(cli): Log and replay oracle transcript noir-lang/noir#7417) (f13b729)
• Compare bincode to CBOR, FlexBuffers and Protobuf - implement best (feat: Compare bincode to CBOR, FlexBuffers and Protobuf - implement best noir-lang/noir#7513) (8eb727c)
• experimental: Enable ownership syntax (feat(experimental): Enable ownership syntax noir-lang/noir#7603) (1a3c112)
• experimental: Issue errors for unreachable match branches (feat(experimental): Issue errors for unreachable match branches noir-lang/noir#7556) (f13b729)
• nullify just-added notes (#12552) (dcba7a4)
• perform constant sha256 compressions at compile-time (feat: perform constant sha256 compressions at compile-time noir-lang/noir#7566) (f13b729)
• relate errors to macro built-ins errors (feat: relate errors to macro built-ins errors noir-lang/noir#7609) (fbaa634)
• simplify simple conditionals for brillig (feat: simplify simple conditionals for brillig noir-lang/noir#7205) (f13b729)
• Support <Type as Trait>::method in expressions (feat: Support <Type as Trait>::method in expressions noir-lang/noir#7551) (f13b729)
• Sync from aztec-packages (feat: Sync from aztec-packages noir-lang/noir#7606) (8eb727c)
• teardown in call interface (#12499) (062df02)
• translation evaluations with zk (#12222) (568982d)

Bug Fixes

• avm: use the correct number of rows in check_interaction (#12519) (b1284ef)
• aztec-up (#12509) (3ddb6de)
• bbup (#12555) (e7b5353)
• Bitwise lookup (#12471) (a38f353)
• ci: remove regex - transfer explicitly (#12525) (352bb1d)
• Cl/fix arm anvil (#12565) (e4bfbd1)
• compare Quoted by expanding interned values (fix: compare Quoted by expanding interned values noir-lang/noir#7602) (1a3c112)
• Display causes but not stack trace in CLI error report (fix: Display causes but not stack trace in CLI error report noir-lang/noir#7584) (f13b729)
• experimental: Fix execution of match expressions with multiple branches (fix(experimental): Fix execution of match expressions with multiple branches noir-lang/noir#7570) (1a3c112)
• fix a few cases where safety comment wasn't correctly identified (fix: fix a few cases where safety comment wasn't correctly identified noir-lang/noir#7548) (f13b729)
• fix bbup and add CI (#12541) (1b2604c)
• Fix the config (#12513) (fb9fac6)
• frontend: Restrict capturing mutable variable in lambdas (fix(frontend)!: Restrict capturing mutable variable in lambdas noir-lang/noir#7488) (f13b729)
• FunctionDefinition::as_typed_expr didn't work well for trait imp… (fix: FunctionDefinition::as_typed_expr didn't work well for trait imp… noir-lang/noir#7611) (1a3c112)
• Log to stderr (fix: Log to stderr noir-lang/noir#7585) (f13b729)
• LSP: references/rename only when underlying span has the correct… (fix(LSP): references/rename only when underlying span has the correct… noir-lang/noir#7598) (8eb727c)
• make vk metadata actual witnesses (#12459) (dada06f)
• no fast deployments when the boot node needs to restart. (#12557) (866582e)
• node: drop log level of handler not registered (#12523) (cb7e42d)
• override bb path in cli-wallet PXE config (#12511) (0c3024e)
• publish-bb-mac.yml version replace (#12554) (7e89dfb)
• release bb-mac (fac5fb5)
• Revert "make vk metadata actual witnesses" (#12534) (ed46a3c)
• shift right overflow in ACIR with unknown var now returns zero (fix: shift right overflow in ACIR with unknown var now returns zero noir-lang/noir#7509) (f13b729)
• TokensPrettyPrinter was missing some spaces between tokens (fix: TokensPrettyPrinter was missing some spaces between tokens noir-lang/noir#7607) (1a3c112)
• yarn-project e2e bench (#12547) (b40b904)

Miscellaneous

• add some extra tests (chore: add some extra tests noir-lang/noir#7544) (f13b729)
• add underscore parameter documentation (chore: add underscore parameter documentation noir-lang/noir#7562) (1a3c112)
• add yaml aliases in .test_patterns.yml (#12516) (3ee8d51)
• address some frontend tests TODOs (chore: address some frontend tests TODOs noir-lang/noir#7554) (f13b729)
• addressing remaining feedback in PR 12182 (#12494) (f733879), closes #12193
• bump light-poseidon (chore: bump light-poseidon noir-lang/noir#7568) (f13b729)
• bump bb version to v0.77.0 (chore!: bump bb version to v0.77.0 noir-lang/noir#7599) (f13b729)
• bump external pinned commits (chore: bump external pinned commits noir-lang/noir#7561) (f13b729)
• bump external pinned commits (chore: bump external pinned commits noir-lang/noir#7565) (f13b729)
• bump external pinned commits (chore: bump external pinned commits noir-lang/noir#7581) (f13b729)
• bump external pinned commits (chore: bump external pinned commits noir-lang/noir#7601) (f13b729)
• bump external pinned commits (chore: bump external pinned commits noir-lang/noir#7618) (fbaa634)
• bump ring to address advisory (chore: bump ring to address advisory noir-lang/noir#7619) (fbaa634)
• Cleaner PXE (#12515) (a69f416)
• cleanup committing and masking utility (#12514) (9f57048)
• cli: exclude kind smoke test from flake list (#12518) (778bfa6)
• cli: Forward nargo execute to noir_artifact_cli (chore(cli): Forward nargo execute to noir_artifact_cli noir-lang/noir#7406) (f13b729)
• convert TraitMethodNotInScope to error (chore!: convert TraitMethodNotInScope to error noir-lang/noir#7427) (fbaa634)
• explode aliases when looking up owners in .test_patterns.yml (#12526) (2e0d791)
• fix trait import issues (#12500) (fd9f145)
• Fix yarn install immutable issues (#12539) (fb9ada3), closes #12538
• More config defaults and forward p2p ports (#12529) (2c45fb9)
• node: return correct node version (#12520) (5502901)
• profiler: Add option to only get the total sample count for the execution-opcodes command (chore(profiler): Add option to only get the total sample count for the execution-opcodes command noir-lang/noir#7578) (f13b729)
• put RcTracker as part of the DIE context (chore: put RcTracker as part of the DIE context noir-lang/noir#7309) (f13b729)
• remove deprecated hash functions from stdlib (chore!: remove deprecated hash functions from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7477) (f13b729)
• remove FileDiagnostic (chore: remove FileDiagnostic noir-lang/noir#7546) (f13b729)
• remove merkle module from stdlib (chore!: remove merkle module from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7582) (f13b729)
• Remove scope interpolation from env vars (#12522) (70942e9)
• remove U128 struct from stdlib (chore!: remove U128 struct from stdlib noir-lang/noir#7529) (f13b729)
• replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits (f20c0dd)
• replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits (4365064)
• restore bb --version (#12542) (ab13d43)
• restore method syntax on get_storage_slot calls (#12532) (8e9f594)
• rm unused methods (#12544) (ed1dbdc)
• some SSA improvements (chore: some SSA improvements noir-lang/noir#7588) (f13b729)
• spartan: kind test speedup (#12478) (8ede7b1)
• ssa: Turn the Brillig constraints check back on by default (chore(ssa): Turn the Brillig constraints check back on by default noir-lang/noir#7404) (f13b729)
• track more critical libraries (chore: track more critical libraries noir-lang/noir#7604) (f13b729)
• update and lock AVM's lockfile (#12533) (2babc50)

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