chore: release 8.18.0

Author: vkarpov15

CHANGELOG.md

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+8.18.0 / 2025-08-22
+===================
+ * feat(schema): support for union types #15574 #10894
+ * fix: trim long strings in minLength and maxLength error messages and display the string length #15571 #15550
+ * types(connection+collection): make BaseCollection and BaseConnection usable as values #15575 #15548
+ * types: remove logic that omits timestamps when virtuals, methods, etc. options set #15577 #12807
+
 8.17.2 / 2025-08-18
 ===================
  * fix: avoid Model.validate() hanging when all paths fail casting #15580 #15579 [piotracalski](https://github.com/piotracalski)

package.json

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 {
   "name": "mongoose",
   "description": "Mongoose MongoDB ODM",
-  "version": "8.17.2",
+  "version": "8.18.0",
   "author": "Guillermo Rauch <guillermo@learnboost.com>",
   "keywords": [
     "mongodb",