Copy release notes from release-18.0 into main

Signed-off-by: Florent Poinsard <[email protected]>

changelog/18.0/18.0.2/changelog.md

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 # Changelog of Vitess v18.0.2
 
-### Bug fixes 
-#### Cluster management
- * [release-18.0] Fix Panic in PRS due to a missing nil check (#14656) [#14676](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14676)
- * Revert "[release-18.0] Replace use of `WAIT_UNTIL_SQL_THREAD_AFTER_GTIDS` with `WAIT_FOR_EXECUTED_GTID_SET` (#14612)" [#14742](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14742) 
-#### Evalengine
- * [release-18.0] evalengine: Fix the min / max calculation for decimals (#14614) [#14616](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14616) 
-#### Query Serving
- * [release-18.0] fix concurrency on stream execute engine primitives (#14586) [#14592](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14592)
- * [18.0] bug fix: stop all kinds of expressions from cnf-exploding [#14593](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14593)
- * [release-18.0] bugfix: do not rewrite an expression twice (#14641) [#14643](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14643)
- * [release-18.0] tabletserver: do not consolidate streams on primary tablet when consolidator mode is `notOnPrimary` (#14332) [#14679](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14679)
- * [release-18.0] TabletServer: Handle nil targets properly everywhere (#14734) [#14741](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14741) 
-#### VReplication
- * [release-18.0] VReplication TableStreamer: Only stream tables in tablestreamer (ignore views) (#14646) [#14649](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14649)
- * [release-18.0] VDiff: Fix vtctldclient limit bug (#14778) [#14780](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14780)
- * [release-18.0] Backport: VReplication SwitchWrites: Properly return errors in SwitchWrites #14800 [#14824](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14824)
- * [release-18.0] VReplication: Update singular workflow in traffic switcher (#14826) [#14829](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14829)
-### CI/Build 
-#### Build/CI
- * [release-18.0] Update MySQL apt package and GPG signature (#14785) [#14792](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14792) 
-#### General
- * [release-18.0] Upgrade the Golang version to `go1.21.5` [#14690](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14690)
-### Dependabot 
-#### General
- * [release-18.0] build(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 (#14814) [#14817](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14817) 
-#### VTAdmin
- * [release-18.0] Bump @adobe/css-tools from 4.3.1 to 4.3.2 in /web/vtadmin (#14654) [#14668](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14668)
-### Enhancement 
-#### Backup and Restore
- * [release-18.0] increase vtctlclient backupShard command success rate (#14604) [#14639](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14639) 
-#### Build/CI
- * [release-18.0] Add step to static check to ensure consistency of GHA workflows (#14724) [#14727](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14727) 
-#### Query Serving
- * [release-18.0] planbuilder: push down ordering through filter (#14583) [#14584](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14584)
-### Internal Cleanup 
-#### TabletManager
- * [release-18.0] Replace use of `WAIT_UNTIL_SQL_THREAD_AFTER_GTIDS` with `WAIT_FOR_EXECUTED_GTID_SET` (#14612) [#14617](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14617) 
-#### vtctldclient
- * [release-18.0] Fix typo for `--cells` flag help description in `ApplyRoutingRules` (#14721) [#14723](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14723)
-### Performance 
-#### Query Serving
- * vindexes: fix pooled collator buffer memory leak [#14621](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14621)
-### Regression 
-#### Query Serving
- * [release-18.0] plabuilder: use OR for not in comparisons (#14607) [#14615](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14615)
- * [release-18.0] fix: insert on duplicate key update missing BindVars (#14728) [#14755](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14755)
+### Other 
+#### Other
+ * Revert "[release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2`" [#205](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/205)
+ * Revert "[release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2`" [#207](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/207)
+ * Revert "[release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2` (#208)" [#209](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/209)
 ### Release 
 #### General
- * Back to dev mode after v18.0.1 [#14580](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14580)
- * [release-18.0] Code Freeze for `v18.0.2` [#14804](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14804)
-### Testing 
-#### Backup and Restore
- * [release-18.0] Add a retry to remove the vttablet directory during upgrade/downgrade backup tests (#14753) [#14758](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/14758)
+ * [release-18.0] Code Freeze for `v18.0.2` [#203](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/203)
+ * [release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2` [#204](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/204)
+ * [release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2` [#206](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/206)
+ * [release-18.0] Release of `v18.0.2` [#208](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/pull/208)
 

changelog/18.0/18.0.2/release_notes.md

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 # Release of Vitess v18.0.2
-The entire changelog for this release can be found [here](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/main/changelog/18.0/18.0.2/changelog.md).
+The entire changelog for this release can be found [here](https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/blob/main/changelog/18.0/18.0.2/changelog.md).
 
-The release includes 27 merged Pull Requests.
+The release includes 7 merged Pull Requests.
 
-Thanks to all our contributors: @app/github-actions, @app/vitess-bot, @brendar, @deepthi, @harshit-gangal, @rohit-nayak-ps, @systay
+Thanks to all our contributors: @frouioui
 

changelog/18.0/18.0.3/changelog.md

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+# Changelog of Vitess v18.0.3
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changelog/18.0/18.0.3/release_notes.md

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+# Release of Vitess v18.0.3

changelog/18.0/18.0.4/changelog.md

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+# Changelog of Vitess v18.0.4
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changelog/18.0/18.0.4/release_notes.md

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+# Release of Vitess v18.0.4

changelog/18.0/README.md

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 ## v18.0
+* **[18.0.4](18.0.4)**
+	* [Changelog](18.0.4/changelog.md)
+	* [Release Notes](18.0.4/release_notes.md)
+
+* **[18.0.3](18.0.3)**
+	* [Changelog](18.0.3/changelog.md)
+	* [Release Notes](18.0.3/release_notes.md)
+
 * **[18.0.2](18.0.2)**
 	* [Changelog](18.0.2/changelog.md)
 	* [Release Notes](18.0.2/release_notes.md)