chore(main): release 2.4.0

Signed-off-by: OpenFeature Bot <[email protected]>

Author: openfeaturebot

Diff for: .release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "2.3.2"
+  ".": "2.4.0"
 }

Diff for: CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [2.4.0](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.3.2...v2.4.0) (2025-04-01)
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* update FeatureLifecycleStateOptions.StopState default to Stopped ([#414](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/414)) ([6c23f21](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/6c23f21d56ef6cc6adce7f798ee302924c227e1f))
+
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+* Update contributing guidelines ([#413](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/413)) ([84ea288](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/84ea288a3bc6e5ec8a797312f36e44c28d03c95c))
+
+
+### 🔄 Refactoring
+
+* simplify the InternalsVisibleTo usage ([#408](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/408)) ([4043d3d](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/4043d3d7610b398e6be035a0e1bf28e7c81ebf18))
+
 ## [2.3.2](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.3.1...v2.3.2) (2025-03-24)
 
 

Diff for: README.md

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 [![Specification](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=specification&message=v0.7.0&color=yellow&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/open-feature/spec/releases/tag/v0.7.0)
 [
-  ![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.3.2&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
-](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.3.2) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+  ![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.4.0&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.4.0) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
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Diff for: build/Common.prod.props

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   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionNumber>2.3.2</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <VersionNumber>2.4.0</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk</RepositoryUrl>
     <Description>OpenFeature is an open standard for feature flag management, created to support a robust feature flag ecosystem using cloud native technologies. OpenFeature will provide a unified API and SDK, and a developer-first, cloud-native implementation, with extensibility for open source and commercial offerings.</Description>

Diff for: version.txt

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-2.3.2
+2.4.0