Merge pull request #6351 from rabbitmq/mergify/bp/v3.11.x/pr-6350

3.9.25 release notes (backport #6350)

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 Starting with this release, RabbitMQ requires Erlang 24.2 or later versions. Nodes **will fail to start** on older Erlang releases.
 
-Erlang 25 as our new baseline means much improved performance on ARM64 architectures, [profiling with flame graphs](https://blog.rabbitmq.com/posts/2022/05/flame-graphs/)
-across all architectures, and the most recent TLS 1.3 implementation available to all RabbitMQ 3.11 users.
-
 ## Changes Worth Mentioning
 
 Release notes can be found on GitHub at [rabbitmq-server/release-notes](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/tree/v3.9.x/release-notes).
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+RabbitMQ `3.9.25` is a maintenance release in the `3.9.x` release series.
+
+Please refer to the **Upgrading to 3.9** section from [v3.9.0 release notes](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v3.9.0) if upgrading from a version prior to 3.9.0.
+
+This release requires at least Erlang 24.2, and supports Erlang 25. [RabbitMQ and Erlang/OTP Compatibility Matrix](https://www.rabbitmq.com/which-erlang.html) has more details on Erlang version requirements for RabbitMQ.
+
+
+### Minimum Supported Erlang Version
+
+Erlang 23 support has reached its [end of support](https://www.rabbitmq.com/which-erlang.html).
+
+Starting with this release, RabbitMQ requires Erlang 24.2 or later versions. Nodes **will fail to start** on older Erlang releases.
+
+## Changes Worth Mentioning
+
+Release notes can be found on GitHub at [rabbitmq-server/release-notes](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/tree/v3.9.x/release-notes).
+
+
+### CLI Tools
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+  * `rabbitmq-diagnostics status` now handles server responses where free disk space
+    is not yet computed. This is the case with nodes early in the boot process.
+
+    GitHub issue: [#6303](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/6303)
+
+### Management Plugin
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+  * Management UI links now include "noopener" and "noreferrer" attributes to protect
+    them against [reverse tabnabbing](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Reverse_Tabnabbing).
+    Note that since management UI only includes a small number of external links to trusted resources,
+    reverse tabnabbing is unlikely to affect most users. However, it can show up in security scanner results
+    and become an issue in environments where a modified version of RabbitMQ is offered as a service.
+
+    Contributed by @illotum (AWS).
+
+    GitHub issue: [#6211](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/6211)
+
+### Shovel Plugin
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+  * Plugin could stop in environments where no static Shovels were defined and a specific
+    sequence of events happens at the same time.
+
+    Contributed by @gomoripeti.
+
+    GitHub issue: [#6286](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/6286)
+
+
+## Dependency Upgrades
+
+None in this release.
+
+
+## Source Code Archives
+
+To obtain source code of the entire distribution, please download the archive named `rabbitmq-server-3.9.25.tar.xz`
+instead of the source tarball produced by GitHub.