chore: release 8.2.5

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8.2.5 (2026-02-19)

Bug Fixes

• 94effe9 update license validation code (update license validation code #345) (@wraithgar)

Chores

• 803e95d #346 trigger release process (chore: trigger release process #346) (@wraithgar)
• 81d2b3c #343 bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.4 to 4.29.0 (chore: bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.4 to 4.29.0 #343) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot, @owlstronaut)

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