Merge pull request #34239 from def-/pr-docs-25216

docs: v25.2.16 released

Author: def-

doc/user/config.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ disableKinds = ['taxonomy']
 
 [params]
 repo = "//github.com/MaterializeInc/materialize"
-bannerMessage = "**New: Self-Managed v26.0!** New features include license keys, SCRAM-SHA support, and more! For details on v26.0 features, see [Release Notes](/releases/).<br>**Note**: To upgrade from v25.2 to v26.0, you must [upgrade first to v25.2.15+](https://materialize.com/docs/self-managed/v25.2/release-notes/#v25215)."
+bannerMessage = "**New: Self-Managed v26.0!** New features include license keys, SCRAM-SHA support, and more! For details on v26.0 features, see [Release Notes](/releases/).<br>**Note**: To upgrade from v25.2 to v26.0, you must [upgrade first to v25.2.16+](https://materialize.com/docs/self-managed/v25.2/release-notes/#v25216)."
 bannerLink = ""
 
 [frontmatter]

doc/user/content/installation/_index.md

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ kubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=materialize-operator -n materialize
 
 #### Upgrading between minor versions less than `v26`
  - Prior to `v26`, you must upgrade at most one minor version at a time. For
-   example, upgrading from `v25.1.5` to `v25.2.15` is permitted.
+   example, upgrading from `v25.1.5` to `v25.2.16` is permitted.
 
 ## See also
 

doc/user/data/self_managed/self_managed_operator_compatibility_v25.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ columns:
   - column: Release date
   - column: Notes
 rows:
+  - Materialize Operator: v25.2.16
+    orchestratord version: v0.163.1
+    environmentd version: v0.147.20
+    Release date: "2025-11-21"
+    Notes: "Minimum version for upgrading to v26.0.0"
   - Materialize Operator: v25.2.15
     orchestratord version: v0.164.1
     environmentd version: v0.147.20
     Release date: "2025-11-11"
-    Notes: "Minimum version for upgrading to v26.0.0"
+    Notes: DO NOT USE
   - Materialize Operator: v25.2.12
     orchestratord version: v0.161.0
     environmentd version: v0.147.18

doc/user/shared-content/self-managed/upgrade-notes/v26.0.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - Upgrading to `v26.0.0` is a major version upgrade. To upgrade to `v26.0` from
-  `v25.2.X` or `v25.1`, you must first upgrade to `v25.2.15` and then upgrade to
+  `v25.2.X` or `v25.1`, you must first upgrade to `v25.2.16` and then upgrade to
   `v26.0.0`.
 
 - For upgrades, the `inPlaceRollout` setting has been deprecated and will be

doc/user/shared-content/self-managed/version-compatibility-upgrade-banner.md

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 When performing major version upgrades, you can upgrade only one major version
 at a time. For example, upgrades from **v26**.1.0 to **v27**.2.0 is permitted
 but **v26**.1.0 to **v28**.0.0 is not. Skipping major versions or downgrading is
-not supported. To upgrade from v25.2 to v26.0, you must [upgrade first to v25.2.15+](https://materialize.com/docs/self-managed/v25.2/release-notes/#v25215).
+not supported. To upgrade from v25.2 to v26.0, you must [upgrade first to v25.2.16+](https://materialize.com/docs/self-managed/v25.2/release-notes/#v25216).
 
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