With sincere gratitude for the many contributions of our local, partner, and community developers, we are proud to announce the general availability of the OpenCPI v2.5.0-beta.1 release. Please note the "beta" in the release name: while developers have been diligent about performing local testing of their contributions, this release has not undergone a formal test cycle. For the main "opencpi/opencpi" project (the framework) alone, 119 merge requests representing significant new features, major enhancements, bug fixes, and CI/CD infrastructure improvements since the v2.4.2 release have been included. There are now eleven projects included in OpenCPI releases: the framework, 8 OSPs, the SDR Components Library, and the OpenCPI GUI. Highlights of this release include: (1) New OSPs: epiq-solutions (z3u), n3xx (n310), xilinx (zcu102, zcu111), and avnet (microzed_10_cc, microzed_20_cc, picozed_10_cc, picozed_15_cc, picozed_20_cc, picozed_30_cc). (2) New RCC development platforms: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Rocky 8, MacOS Monterey and Ventura, Mint Linux 21.1. (3) Node graph functionality added to the OpenCPI GUI. (4) Support for DG-RDMA over L2 Ethernet. (5) Optimized OpenCPI framework installation without having to first install the default (unoptimized) mode. (6) Expanded/extended XML attributes and parameters for greater precision, flexibility, and consistency in configuring various assets. (7) New "ocpiadmin" tool installer functionality. (8) Sphinx-based documentation system now fully integrated into the "ocpidev" workflow. (9) 2TX/2RX support is finally available (AD9361 CMOS dual-port full-duplex mode). Appropriate interface tests included. See the Release Notes and project changelogs for additional information on other new features/enhancements as well as bug fixes. As always, if bugs/problems are discovered, we encourage you to open issues in GitLab or otherwise bring such matters to our attention. User feedback is appreciated. Respectfully, --Bob Tracy CNF Technologies, Inc.