add changelog, bump ConsensusProtocol

.changelog/2650.breaking.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+send and check expected epoch number during transaction execution
+
+Stress tests revealed some race conditions during transaction execution when
+there is an epoch transition. Runtime client now sends `expectedEpochNumber`
+parameter in `SubmitTx` call. The transaction scheduler checks whether the
+expected epoch matches its local one. Additionally, if state transition occurs
+during transaction execution, Executor and Merge committee correctly abort the
+transaction.

.changelog/2650.internal.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+replace Roothash, Scheduler and Registry fields with Consensus accessors
+
+ConsensusAPI.Backend contains accessors for RootHash, Scheduler, and Registry.
+Use those instead of direct references. The following structs were affected:
+- Node in cmd/node/node.go,
+- Node in common/commmittee/node.go,
+- Worker in common/worker.go,
+- clientCommon in runtime/client/client.go,
+- Group in worker/common/committee/group.go.

.changelog/2650.internal.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+e2e/multiple-runtimes: enable `EpochtimeMock`, add `numComputeWorkers`
+parameter

go/common/version/version.go

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 	//
 	// NOTE: Any change in the major or minor versions are considered
 	//       breaking changes for the protocol.
-	ConsensusProtocol = Version{Major: 0, Minor: 23, Patch: 0}
+	ConsensusProtocol = Version{Major: 0, Minor: 24, Patch: 0}
 
 	// Tendermint exposes the tendermint core version.
 	Tendermint = parseSemVerStr(version.TMCoreSemVer)