Add release notes for 5.2.5

Author: markstory

2025/06/20/cakephp_525.rst

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+CakePHP 5.2.5
+==============
+
+The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP
+5.2.5. This is a maintenance release for the 5.2 branch that fixes several
+community reported issues and regressions.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+You can expect the following changes in 5.2.5. See the `changelog
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/compare/5.2.4...5.2.5>`_ for every commit.
+
+* Fixed `routes generate` not working with names containing ``:``.
+* Improved API documentation.
+* Fixed ``LoggedQuery`` from applying undefined attributes and emitting
+  warnings.
+* If ``Session.timeout`` is not defined, PHP defined ``session.gc_maxlifetime``
+  will be used as the lifetime of the session. This better aligns timeouts with
+  simpler settings.
+* Improved data provider usage in test cases.
+* Fixed session assertions when ``enableRetaionFlashMessages()`` has been used.
+* Events that are triggered with a null subject do not emit deprecation
+  warnings.
+* Fixed chained ``find()`` calls with overlapping parameters getting incorrect
+  values.
+* Improve ``toDateTime()`` to not return null when passed ``Date``.
+* Fixed invalid stream constructor when ``RunInSeparateProcess`` is used.
+* Update plural rules for French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese based on CLDR
+  v47. These languages have support for additional plural forms.
+
+Contributors to 5.2.5
+----------------------
+
+Thank you to all the contributors that submitted a pull request:
+
+* ADmad
+* Corey Taylor
+* Erik Nagelkerke
+* Ishan Vyas
+* Jeremy Harris
+* Kevin Pfeifer
+* k-pon-jp
+* Mark Scherer
+* Mark Story
+* Nicos Panayides
+* othercorey
+
+As always, we would like to also thank all the contributors that opened issues,
+or updated the documentation.
+
+Download a `packaged release on github
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases>`_.
+
+.. author:: markstory
+.. categories:: release, news
+.. tags:: release, news

master.rst

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+   2025/06/20/cakephp_525
    2025/05/16/cakephp_524
    2025/04/26/cakephp_461
    2025/04/23/cakephp_523