* perf(connectivity): Cache network capabilities and status to reduce IPC calls

* changelog

* Changelog

* revert

* fix(breadcrumbs): Deduplicate battery breadcrumbs

* ref

* Changelog

* Fix test

* perf(connectivity): Have only one NetworkCallback active at a time

* Changelog

* perf(integrations): Use single lifecycle observer

* Add tests

* Changelog

* Fix tests

* Improve callback handling and test visibility (#4593)

* Null-check lifecycleObserver

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* Do not report cached events as lost

* E2E tests for OpenTelemetry based console sample (#4563)

* e2e tests for console app

* fix test failures by waiting for 10s after first try to find envelopes

* add system-test-runner.py script to replace bash scripts for running e2e / system tests

* use py script for ci, cleanup, makefile

* Format code

* remove bash scripts

* install requests module

* api

* fix gh script

* Implement E2E tests for OTel based console sample

* fixes after merge

* Format code

* e2e tests for console app

* Implement E2E tests for OTel based console sample

* fixes after merge

* Format code

* api

* Reduce scope forking when using OpenTelemetry (#4565)

* Reduce scope forking in OpenTelemetry

* Format code

* api

* changelog

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* SDKs send queue is no longer shutdown immediately on re-init (#4564)

* Let queue drain on a restart

* Format code

* Format code

* Update sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/test/kotlin/sentry/systemtest/ConsoleApplicationSystemTest.kt

* Let queue drain on a restart

* Format code

* Format code

* Update sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/test/kotlin/sentry/systemtest/ConsoleApplicationSystemTest.kt

* adapt tests

* changelog

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* release: 8.18.0

* ref(replay): Use main thread to schedule capture (#4542)

* perf(connectivity): Cache network capabilities and status to reduce IPC calls (#4560)

* fix(breadcrumbs): Deduplicate battery breadcrumbs (#4561)

* fix(ci): remove obsolete NDK debug symbols (#4581)

As they don't exist anymore and this is done within sentry-native directly: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1327/files

* fix(android): Remove unused method (#4585)

* fix(android): Remove unused method

* Update Changelog

* Add rules file for documenting SDK offline behaviour (#4572)

#skip-changelog

## 📜 Description
<!--- Describe your changes in detail -->
Add rules file for documenting SDK offline behaviour

## 💡 Motivation and Context
<!--- Why is this change required? What problem does it solve? -->
<!--- If it fixes an open issue, please link to the issue here. -->
Should help speed up AI reasoning about the SDK offline/retry behaviour.

## 💚 How did you test it?


## 📝 Checklist
<!--- Put an `x` in the boxes that apply -->

- [ ] I added tests to verify the changes.
- [ ] No new PII added or SDK only sends newly added PII if `sendDefaultPII` is enabled.
- [ ] I updated the docs if needed.
- [ ] I updated the wizard if needed.
- [ ] Review from the native team if needed.
- [ ] No breaking change or entry added to the changelog.
- [ ] No breaking change for hybrid SDKs or communicated to hybrid SDKs.


## 🔮 Next steps

* perf(connectivity): Have only one NetworkCallback active at a time (#4562)

* fix(scripts): update-gradle script set-version (#4591)

* fix: sentry-android-ndk proguard rule keeps all native class (#4427)

* fix: sentry-androi-ndk proguard rule keeps all native class

* docs: update CHANGELOG

* fix: update CHANGELOG

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Update CHANGELOG.md

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* refactor(lifecycle): Use single lifecycle observer (#4567)

* perf(connectivity): Cache network capabilities and status to reduce IPC calls

* changelog

* Changelog

* revert

* fix(breadcrumbs): Deduplicate battery breadcrumbs

* ref

* Changelog

* Fix test

* perf(connectivity): Have only one NetworkCallback active at a time

* Changelog

* perf(integrations): Use single lifecycle observer

* Add tests

* Changelog

* Fix tests

* Improve callback handling and test visibility (#4593)

* Null-check lifecycleObserver

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* fix(sqlite): Fix abstract method error (#4597)

* fix(sqlite): Fix abstract method error

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Suppress metadata version checks

* perf(integrations): Do not register for SystemEvents and NetworkCallbacks when launched with background importance (#4579)

* fix(android): Ensure frame metrics listeners are registered/unregistered on the main thread (#4582)

* fix(android): Ensure frame metrics listeners are registered/unregistered on the main thread

* Fix race conditions

* Update Changelog

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Address PR feedback

* perf(executor): Prewarm SentryExecutorService (#4606)

* review feedback

* changelog

* pass through whether cache stored in AndroidEnvelopeCache + test

* Format code

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