Release notes for 1.25.4 (#36385)

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Signed-off-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Thomas Beutlich <115483027+thbeu@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: lunny

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@ This changelog goes through the changes that have been made in each release
 without substantial changes to our git log; to see the highlights of what has
 been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.com).
 
+## [1.25.4](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/1.25.4) - 2026-01-15
+
+* SECURITY
+  * Release attachments must belong to the intended repo (#36347) (#36375)
+  * Fix permission check on org project operations (#36318) (#36373)
+  * Clean watches when make a repository private and check permission when send release emails (#36319) (#36370)
+  * Add more check for stopwatch read or list (#36340) (#36368)
+  * Fix openid setting check (#36346) (#36361)
+  * Fix cancel auto merge bug (#36341) (#36356)
+  * Fix delete attachment check (#36320) (#36355)
+  * LFS locks must belong to the intended repo (#36344) (#36349)
+  * Fix bug on notification read (#36339) #36387
+* ENHANCEMENTS
+  * Add more routes to the "expensive" list (#36290)
+  * Make "commit statuses" API accept slashes in "ref" (#36264) (#36275)
+* BUGFIXES
+  * Fix markdown newline handling during IME composition (#36421) #36424
+  * Fix missing repository id when migrating release attachments (#36389)
+  * Fix bug when compare in the pull request (#36363) (#36372)
+  * Fix incorrect text content detection (#36364) (#36369)
+  * Fill missing `has_code` in repository api (#36338) (#36359)
+  * Fix notifications pagination query parameters (#36351) (#36358)
+  * Fix some trivial problems (#36336) (#36337)
+  * Prevent panic when GitLab release has more links than sources (#36295) (#36305)
+  * Fix stats bug when syncing release (#36285) (#36294)
+  * Always honor user's choice for "delete branch after merge" (#36281) (#36286)
+  * Use the requested host for LFS links (#36242) (#36258)
+  * Fix panic when get editor config file (#36241) (#36247)
+  * Fix regression in writing authorized principals (#36213) (#36218)
+  * Fix WebAuthn error checking (#36219) (#36235)
+
 ## [1.25.3](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/1.25.3) - 2025-12-17
 
 * SECURITY