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@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ This changelog goes through the changes that have been made in each release
 without substantial changes to our git log; to see the highlights of what has
 been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.com).
 
+## [1.25.2](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/1.25.2) - 2025-11-23
+
+* SECURITY
+  * Upgrade golang.org/x/crypto to 0.45.0 (#35985) (#35988)
+  * Fix various permission & login related bugs (#36002) (#36004)
+* ENHANCEMENTS
+  * Display source code downloads last for release attachments (#35897) (#35903)
+  * Change project default column icon to 'star' (#35967) (#35979)
+* BUGFIXES
+  * Allow empty commit when merging pull request with squash style (#35989) (#36003)
+  * Fix container push tag overwriting (#35936) (#35954)
+  * Fix corrupted external render content (#35946) and upgrade golang.org/x packages (#35950)
+  * Limit reading bytes instead of ReadAll (#35928) (#35934)
+  * Use correct form field for allowed force push users in branch protection API (#35894) (#35908)
+  * Fix team member access check (#35899) (#35905)
+  * Fix conda null depend issue (#35900) (#35902)
+  * Set the dates to now when not specified by the caller (#35861) (#35874)
+  * Fix gogit ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize (#35862)
+  * Misc CSS fixes (#35888) (#35981)
+  * Don't show unnecessary error message to end users for DeleteBranchAfterMerge (#35937) (#35941)
+  * Load jQuery as early as possible to support custom scripts (#35926) (#35929)
+  * Allow to display embed images/pdfs when SERVE_DIRECT was enabled on MinIO storage (#35882) (#35917)
+  * Make OAuth2 issuer configurable (#35915) (#35916)
+  * Fix #35763: Add proper page title for project pages (#35773) (#35909)
+  * Fix avatar upload error handling (#35887) (#35890)
+  * Contribution heatmap improvements (#35876) (#35880)
+  * Remove padding override on `.ui .sha.label` (#35864) (#35873)
+  * Fix pull description code label background (#35865) (#35870)
+
 ## [1.25.1](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.1) - 2025-11-03
 
 * BUGFIXES