Merge pull request #581 from lightninglabs/docs-lnd

Update lnd documentation

docs/lnd/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.3.md

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 * [Fixed](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8220) a loop variable
   issue which may affect programs built using go `v1.20` and below. 
 
+* [An issue where LND would hang on shutdown has been fixed.](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8151)
+
 # New Features
 ## Functional Enhancements
 ## RPC Additions
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@
 ## Breaking Changes
 ## Performance Improvements
 
+* [Optimized](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8232) the memoray
+  usage of `btcwallet`'s mempool. Users would need to use `bitcoind v25.0.0`
+  and above to take the advantage of this optimization. 
+
 # Technical and Architectural Updates
 ## BOLT Spec Updates
 ## Testing
@@ -47,4 +53,5 @@
 ## Tooling and Documentation
 
 # Contributors (Alphabetical Order)
+* Eugene Siegel
 * Yong Yu

docs/lnd/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md

@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
 * A new config value,
   [http-header-timeout](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7715), is added so users can specify the amount of time the http server will wait for a request to complete before closing the connection. The default value is 5 seconds.
 
+* [`routerrpc.usestatusinitiated` is
+  introduced](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8177) to signal that
+  the new payment status `Payment_INITIATED` should be used for payment-related
+  RPCs. It's recommended to use it to provide granular controls over payments.
+
 ## RPC Additions
 
 * [Deprecated](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7175)