This issue is to track preparation of the upcoming 4.0.0 release up until publishing, which is due March 17, 2025.

• Create release/2025-03-17 branch closer to the release date
• Finalize scope and punt unfinished pull requests to following release (Thursday, March 13, 2025)
• Bump versions in milestones according to the scope (Thursday, March 13, 2025)
• Smoke test (Friday, March 14, 2025)
• Prepare the release (Monday, March 17, 2025)
• Update plugin documentation for Optimization Detective.
• Update the Make Core Performance Handbook documentation.