Forwardport 2.23.1 release (timescale#8932)

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Co-authored-by: Eon <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: timescale-automation <123763385+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

.unreleased/pr_8873

@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ This page lists all the latest features and updates to TimescaleDB. When
 you use psql to update your database, use the -X flag and prevent any .psqlrc 
 commands from accidentally triggering the load of a previous DB version.**
 
+## 2.23.1 (2025-11-13)
+
+This release contains performance improvements and bug fixes since the 2.23.0 release. We recommend that you upgrade at the next available opportunity.
+
+**Bugfixes**
+* [#8873](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/8873) Don't error on failure to update job stats
+* [#8875](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/8875) Fix decoding of UUID v7 timestamp microseconds
+* [#8879](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/8879) Fix blocker for multiple hierarchical continuous aggregate policies
+* [#8882](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/8882) Fix crash in policy creation
+
+**Thanks**
+* @alexanderlaw for reporting a crash when creating a policy
+* @leppaott for reporting an issue with hierarchical continuous aggregates
+
 ## 2.23.0 (2025-10-29)
 
 This release contains performance improvements and bug fixes since the 2.22.1 release. We recommend that you upgrade at the next available opportunity.
@@ -4134,4 +4148,4 @@ the next release.
 * [e20edf8] Add better error checking for index creation.
 * [72f754a] use PostgreSQL's own `hash_any` function as default partfunc (thanks @robin900)
 * [39f4c0f] Remove sample data instructions and point to docs site
-* [9015314] Revised the `get_general_index_definition` function to handle cases where indexes have definitions other than just `CREATE INDEX` (thanks @bricklen)
+* [9015314] Revised the `get_general_index_definition` function to handle cases where indexes have definitions other than just `CREATE INDEX` (thanks @bricklen)

.unreleased/pr_8876

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ set(MOD_FILES
     updates/2.21.3--2.21.4.sql
     updates/2.21.4--2.22.0.sql
     updates/2.22.0--2.22.1.sql
-    updates/2.22.1--2.23.0.sql)
+    updates/2.22.1--2.23.0.sql
+    updates/2.23.0--2.23.1.sql)
 
 # The downgrade file to generate a downgrade script for the current version, as
 # specified in version.config

.unreleased/pr_8879

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version = 2.24.0-dev
-previous_version = 2.23.0
+previous_version = 2.23.1