[irods/irods#8833] Add release notes for 4.3.5 (4-3-stable)

docs/release_notes.md

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+## 4.3.5
+
+Release Date: 2026-XX-XX
+
+The iRODS Consortium and RENCI are pleased to announce iRODS 4.3.5.
+
+This release ... TODO
+
+The latest binary packages for Enterprise Linux 8, Enterprise Linux 9, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 11, and Debian 12 are available at <https://packages.irods.org/>.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Make `update_deprecated_columns.py` print exception information (#7833).
+- `iinit`: Only non-native authentication schemes force the "iRODS password" prompt (#7948).
+- Enable authentication plugins to accept passwords in requests (#8016).
+- Do not print stacktrace when `irods_environment.json` file is not readable (#8083).
+- GenQuery2: Allow function calls in GROUP-BY clause (#8093).
+- GenQuery2: Grant users full control over `DISTINCT` keyword (#8261). 
+- GenQuery2: Allow `DISTINCT` keyword in function calls (#8261).
+- Optimize query performance when adding metadata (#8392).
+- Invoke `fileNotify` when closing replica (#8586, irods/irods_resource_plugin_s3#2146).
+- GenQuery2: Expose user type through permission-related columns (#8754).
+- Update feature test macros (#8580).
+- Make `iadmin` quota GenQuery use the same query conditions (#8622).
+
+### Removed
+
+- Remove `-p` option from `iput` and `icp` (#4932).
+- Remove build hook python script (#8421).
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- Deprecate `msiDataObjPut` (#8229).
+- Deprecate `--rlock` and `--wlock` options (#8272).
+- Deprecate macros for advisory lock API (#8272).
+- Deprecate osauth scheme (#8301).
+- Deprecate convenience functions for DNS/Hostname cache configuration properties (#8417).
+- Deprecate control plane and `irods-grid` (#8479).
+- Deprecate `iadmin ctime` (#8850).
+- Deprecate `iadmin mkdir` (#8850).
+- Deprecate `iadmin rmdir` (#8850).
+- Deprecate `iadmin ls` (#8850).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Stop server from incrementing ticket `write-file` count after reaching limit (#2720).
+- Return correct error code to client when ticket limit is exceeded (#2720).
+- Reduce scope of `FILE_PATH_KW` (#4932).
+- Honor logical locking in registration/unregistration APIs (#5763).
+- Fix renaming of collections containing multi-byte characters (#6239).
+- Maintain appropriate permissions for `msiExecCmd_bin` directory on package upgrade (#6671).
+- Update modification time of replica on open with `O_TRUNC` (#7128).
+- Fix `ils` page boundary bug involving linkPoint collections (#7712).
+- Do not create target collections or directories during dry-run of `irsync` (#7774).
+- Fix use of MySQL `LIMIT` keyword in `update_deprecated_columns.py` (#7833).
+- Prevent `iinit` from showing native authentication password prompt for non-native authentication schemes (#7948).
+- Fix memory leaks in delay server (#8254, #8575).
+- Make GenQuery2 honor group permissions (#8259).
+- Restore support for `KeyValPair` in Python rule engine plugin (#8265).
+- Fix `irsync`'s handling of `ALL_KW` when targeting a single data object (#8295).
+- Check for `nullptr` in data_object_modify_info API (#8307).
+- Fix memory leak in delay server (#8334).
+- Fix memory leak in native authentication plugin (#8334).
+- Fix memory leaks in client libraries handling `rodsPaths` (#8334).
+- Fix potential memory leak in `resolveRodsTarget` (#8334).
+- Fix potential `collHandle` memory leaks (#8334).
+- Fix memory leak in `getUtil` (#8334).
+- Fix `rodsPath` memory leaks in `iput` and `iget` (#8334).
+- Limit max value of `maximum_size_for_single_buffer_in_megabytes` for DataObjGet API (#8373).
+- Guarantee `rodsEnv` strings are null-terminated (#8379).
+- Improve `irsync`'s handling for checksum errors (#8384).
+- Update modification time on empty overwrite for copy operation (#8413).
+- Fix redirect bug of client request from Consumer server to Provider server in GenQuery2 API (#8439).
+- Unregister replica before unlinking in DataObjUnlink API (#8441).
+- Replace invalid UTF-8 sequences in log messages (#8498).
+- Fix GenQuery2's ability to find objects lacking user permissions (#8546).
+- Fix `irsync`'s handling of overwrites and checksums involving stale replicas (#8590).
+- Fix double-free/corruption by setting free'd pointers to `nullptr` in network plugins (#8593).
+- Fix zone reports for server-to-server connect errors (#8607).
+- Remove all existing usage entries when recalculating physical quotas (#8633).
+- Make `imiscsvrinfo` report an error when connected to a server older than 4.3.4 (#8653).
+- Return nonzero when grid configuration APIs report an error (#8671).
+- Clear input struct to avoid segmentation fault in `iget` (#8793).
+- Make physical quota count the largest overrun (#8691).
+- Make total quota update only apply to correct `resc_id` (#8699).
+- Replace spaces with hyphens for agent information (`ips`) (#8733).
+- Use `OWN` permissions instead of `data_owner_name` when calculating physical quota totals (#8750).
+- Fix queries for physical quotas so that quotas are properly processed (#8758).
+- Prevent checksum without status update in replica_close API (#8801).
+- Fix memory leaks stemming from `clearMsParam` (#8857).
+- Do not crash delay server when in-memory delay queue buffer is too small (#8859).
+- Fix memory leaks in iRODS Rule Language (#8864).
+- Fix stalling of delay rule processing in delay server by removing unnecessary use of pool memory resource (#8868).
+
+### Added
+
+- Add logical locking bypass keyword (#5763).
+- Add new error code - `INVALID_INPUT_ARGUMENT_NULL_POINTER` (#8311).
+- Add new error code - `CONNECTION_REFUSED` (#8377).
+- Add new error code - `DEPRECATED_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN` (#8391).
+- Serialize `TicketAdminInput` data structure for policy enforcement (#8518).
+
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+
 ## 4.3.4
 
 Release Date: 2025-03-05