Merge pull request #997 from nunit/release431

Release nunit hotfix 4.3.1

Author: OsirisTerje

Diff for: docs/articles/nunit/release-notes/framework.md

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 # Framework Release
 
+## NUnit 4.3.1 -  Dec 21. 2024
+
+This is a hotfix release to address a type safety issue that broke when some classes had implicit conversion operators.
+
+We had 3 bugs reported, they are all fixed by the same Pull Request.
+
+In addition, a small internal build issue was fixed.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [4903](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/issues/4903) Strange null reference after updating to v4.3.0. Thanks to NUnit Team member [Manfred Brands](https://github.com/manfred-brands) for [PR 4899](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/pull/4899)
+* [4902](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/issues/4902) Regression in 4.3.0 comparing class that override equals and implicit string conversion. Thanks to NUnit Team member [Manfred Brands](https://github.com/manfred-brands) for [PR 4899](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/pull/4899)
+* [4898](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/issues/4898) Assert(..., Is.EqualTo(...)) issues since 4.3.0. Thanks to NUnit Team member [Manfred Brands](https://github.com/manfred-brands) for [PR 4899](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/pull/4899)
+
+### Internal fixes
+
+* [4806](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/issues/4806) Benchmarks fail to run. Thanks to NUnit Team member [Steven Weerdenburg](https://github.com/stevenaw) for [PR 4897](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/pull/4897)
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has contributed to this release
+by reporting bugs, suggesting enhancements, and providing valuable feedback.
+Your efforts help make NUnit better for the entire community.
+
+A special thank you to the following reporters for identifying issues:
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/alkampfergit">Gian Maria</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/MaxKot">MaxKot</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/moshekar">moshekar</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/rudfoss-rr">Thomas Haugland Rudfoss</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+and to the commenters who engaged in discussions and offered further insights:
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/ds5678">Jeremy Pritts</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/manfred-brands">Manfred Brands</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/m-gasser">Martin Gasser</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/moshekar">moshekar</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/ogborstad">Ole Gunnar Borstad</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/ORuban">Oleksii Ruban</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/smdn">smdn</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/stevenaw">Steven Weerdenburg</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/TadijaB">Tadija Bagaric</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/OsirisTerje">Terje Sandstrom</a></td>
+<td><a href="https://github.com/rudfoss-rr">Thomas Haugland Rudfoss</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
 ## NUnit 4.3.0 -  Dec 15. 2024
 
 This release includes a series of enhancements and bug fixes. Notably, some of the bug fixes address issues related to a lack of type safety in NUnit. See issues [4877](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/issues/4877),