chore(v2): release 2.1.8

Author: AztecBot

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "2.1.7"
+  ".": "2.1.8"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [2.1.8](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/v2.1.7...v2.1.8) (2025-11-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **backport-to-v2:** fisherman mode ([#18384](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/18384)) ([2fa7ef4](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/2fa7ef4542837c80d8c20e652754c9528efeefad))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* Accumulated backports to v2 ([#18530](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/18530)) ([ec73ce7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ec73ce72d91a7cba486604941e264897b8c6aa09))
+* disable playground release on v2 ([#18561](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/18561)) ([e9141b6](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/e9141b62f44caf3b6948a83b12efa3a8b3f9783c))
+
 ## [2.1.7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/v2.1.6...v2.1.7) (2025-11-20)