Apply Snowflake Remove HelloVerify Countermeasure

Merge Info

• Related Issues

  • Apply Skip Hello Verify Migration
  • Update Version to v2.5.0
  • Update Version to v2.5.1
  • https://ntc.party/t/in-case-snowflake-rendezvous-gets-blocked/1857/9
  • Reduced User Count in Russia

• Backport Timeline

  • Immediate - patchsets for critical bug fixes or other major blocker (e.g. fixes for a 0-day exploit) OR patchsets with trivial changes which do not need testing (e.g. fixes for typos or fixes easily verified in a local developer build)
  • Next Minor Stable Release - patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
  • Eventually - patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport
  • No Backport - patchset for the next major stable

• Issue Tracking

Change Description

This is a merge request includes Remove HelloVerify countermeasure against Russia's censorship of snowflake. Since most snowflake proxy is browser based, users impacted with HelloVerify based censorship should be able to connect to snowflake proxy and server as soon as this patch is applied.