release 2.16.0 to develop (#14544)

* Bump version and update CHANGELOG fore core v2.16.0

Signed-off-by: chainchad <96362174+chainchad@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update EstimateGasLimit config name to EstimateLimit (#14297)

* Updated EstimateGasLimit config name to EstimateLimit

* Updated mocks

* Fixed linting

* Updated changeset

* fix: goreleaser-build-sign-publish-chainlink workflow (#14139)

* remove other gha workflows and test build-publish workflow

* update cosigner gha and version

* add env GORELEASER_KEY

* add GITHUB_TOKEN env

* temp add current_tag env

* add --skip=validate temp

* remove prev

* skip release

* use disable instead

* fix post release publish bug

* use keyless signing

* revert and comment stdin

* comment all cosign user/pass

* add args to docker_signs

* remove cosign user/pass env and uncomment other workflow

* update cosign to keyless for regular docker build images

* use keyless input and temp remove slack-notify

* use image digest for signing

* use --yes flag in cosign sign and update cosign-installer version

* add --yes flag to cosign verify

* fix typo and remove --yes

* refactor to remove cosign keypair way and only use keyless signing

* revert back deleted gha workflow files

* refactor with suggestions

* fix set env step

* fix typos and naming

* core/services/relay/evm: handle error from chainselectors

* Fix pruning query

* Add regression testing for pruning bug

* Query exact wasmvm module rather than parsing all (#14425)

* exclude sourcegraph missing dependency (#14446)

* exclude sourcegrapht

* use replace

* finalize date on changelog for 2.16.0

* fix merge issues

* another

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Signed-off-by: chainchad <96362174+chainchad@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: chainchad <96362174+chainchad@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: amit-momin <108959691+amit-momin@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordan Krage <jmank88@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Domino Valdano <2644901+reductionista@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: HenryNguyen5 <6404866+HenryNguyen5@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sergey Kudasov <f4hrenh9it@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog Chainlink Core
 
-## 2.16.0 - UNRELEASED
+## 2.16.0 - 2024-09-23
 
 ### Minor Changes
 
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 - [#13638](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/pull/13638) [`2312827156`](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/commit/2312827156f24fa4a6e420aec12e5a3aeac81e2b) Thanks [@amit-momin](https://github.com/amit-momin)! - Introduced finalized transaction state. Added a finalizer component to the TXM to mark transactions as finalized. #internal
 
-- [#14041](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/pull/14041) [`8d818ea265`](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/commit/8d818ea265ff08887e61ace4f83364a3ee149ef0) Thanks [@amit-momin](https://github.com/amit-momin)! - Added gas limit estimation feature to EVM gas estimators #added
+- [#14041](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/pull/14041) [`8d818ea265`](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/commit/8d818ea265ff08887e61ace4f83364a3ee149ef0) Thanks [@amit-momin](https://github.com/amit-momin)! - Added gas limit estimation feature to EVM gas estimators. Introduced a new config `EVM.GasEstimator.EstimateLimit` to toggle this feature. #added
 
 - [#14165](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/pull/14165) [`e76463cfa9`](https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/commit/e76463cfa9a0fbe6e35a74cbb3f7d63c85efcd88) Thanks [@silaslenihan](https://github.com/silaslenihan)! - #internal Add hexutil Bytes encoding to batchcall data