v25.2.5

[piyushredpanda]

Features

• Introduces GET /v1/security/report (Admin API) by @IoannisRP in #27536
• #27573 Adds a new cluster config kafka_produce_batch_validation which controls the level of validation performed on batches in the redpanda produce path. by @WillemKauf in #27599
• rpk: add support for serverless in mcp proxy cmd by @birdayz in #27547

Bug Fixes

• Added missing Kafka APIs to OCSF event mapping function that may have resulted in an abort on the broker by @michael-redpanda in #27623
• Fixes a bug where concurrent log level setting requests could lead to a situation where the logger ended up expiring to the incorrect log level. by @pgellert in #27566
• #27468 Fixes a minor bug in cloud storage housekeeping where adjacent segment merge jobs could fail to make progress after compaction was switched off. by @oleiman in #27570

Improvements

• Allows waiting for collection to complete when running a remote-bundle by @JFlath in #27464

Full Changelog: v25.2.4...v25.2.5

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This discussion was created from the release v25.2.5.