[29.x] Finalise 29.5 #36666

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   fanquake commented at 2:05 PM on October 26, 2026: member

   Backports:

   • #36665
   • #36667
2. fanquake added this to the milestone 29.5 on Oct 26, 2026
3. DrahtBot added the label Backport on Oct 26, 2026
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   DrahtBot commented at 2:05 PM on October 26, 2026: contributor

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5. build: bump version to v29.5 ebaa852b6f
6. doc: update manual pages for v29.5 7ffe1c903d
7. sock: align exception monitoring between poll() and select() backends

   Github-Pull: #36665
   Rebased-From: 1e0c407377034e9cbb4d52f1f534c06cdf202a36

   b3526cf152
8. fanquake force-pushed on Oct 26, 2026
9. l0rinc approved
10. 
    l0rinc commented at 6:06 PM on October 26, 2026: contributor

    ACK 109b8fe0b1ee66cad88fcfb17a59c09add084e7d

    Reviewed the cherry-pick manually and checked the remaining commits automatically. The patch matches upstream apart from the older RECV/SEND names.

11. net: enforce timeout interval for paused send peers

    No need to waste a connection slot on a peer that is so slow to read as to not
    drain our send buffer down to the 1MB threshold within 20 minutes.
    
    Github-Pull: #36667
    Rebased-From: cc2534cdf7b14d0f1a18928ebaab7f7fdd7e839e

    02c76d5d5f
12. doc: update release notes for v29.5 ccf3c78885
13. fanquake force-pushed on Oct 26, 2026
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    l0rinc commented at 6:44 PM on October 26, 2026: contributor

    reACK ccf3c788858d5d167da23e71ee59bd50eac3379a

    Reviewed the added #36667 cherry-pick, with the same clock and logging adaptations as v30.

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29.5