v1.9.0-beta.0

Changes since v1.8.0

🚨 This is a BETA RELEASE. Use it only for testing purposes. If you find any bugs, file an issue.

More details about the release

✨ New Features

• Add fake K8s API server (#1610)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Bootstrap: add support for data secret (#2086)
• Add CustomDeploy to metal3machinetemplate webhook (#2085)
• Fix clusterclass KubeadmControlPlaneTemplate file (#2064)
• Propagate errors during patch to reconcile (#2003)
• Fix unterminating DataTemplate deletion (#2000)
• Fix cert rotation tests (#1922)

📖 Documentation

• Update job triggers documents (#1956)

🌱 Others

• Bump IPAM to v.1.9.0-beta.0 (#2124)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.9 to 2.1.0 (#2120)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.3 to 3.27.5 (#2119)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.31.3 (#2114)
• Bump CAPI to v1.9.0-rc.0 (#2111)
• Use wget while downloading image (#2110)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools from 0.16.1 to 0.16.5 in /hack/tools (#2095)
• Add scheduled osv-scanner workflow (#2100)
• Bump golang to 1.23.3 and golangci-lint to 1.60.3 (#2087)
• Simplify go version handling in verify-release.sh (#2101)
• Bump golang.org/x/mod from 0.21.0 to 0.22.0 in /test (#2097)
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0 (#2094)
• Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.28.0 to 0.29.0 in /test (#2096)
• Use controllerutils to add/remove finalizers (#2083)
• Uplift k8s to v1.31.2 (#2067)
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 (#2071)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#2070)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.20.2 to 2.21.0 (#2058, #2063)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.2 to 5.1.0 (#2069)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.19.0 to 0.19.1 in /hack/fake-apiserver (#2061)
• Enable TLS 1.3 flag in CAPM3 (#2065)
• Updating clusterctl tests for release 1.8 (#2057)
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.34.2 to 1.35.0 (#2060)
• Add scalability test (#2010)
• Increase test time for lint job to avoid failure because of timeout (#2053)
• Bump kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 and kustomize/kustomize/v5 to v5.5.0 (#2052)
• Fixing issues in healthcheck test (#2046)
• Bump github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3/api from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2 in /hack/fake-apiserver (#2045)
• Delete the process of removing bmhs from default namespace (#2039)
• Bump k8s.io/kubectl from 0.30.3 to 0.30.5 in /test in the kubernetes group across 1 directory (#2043)
• Increasing deletion timeout of cluster (#2042)
• Bump actions/cache from 4.0.2 to 4.1.1 (#2030)
• Removing live-iso test (#2041)
• Fixing ephemeral test CI (#2040)
• Rewrite fetch_target_logs.sh in Golang (#1763)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.1.0 to 6.1.1 (#2028)
• Make CAPI a pattern in dependabot (#2026)
• Increase deployment and pod wait timeout in e2e (#2008)
• Bump markdownlint-cli2 to v0.12.0 (#2006)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 27.2.1+incompatible to 27.3.1+incompatible in /test (#1999)
• Reuse PR verifier workflow from project-infra (#1995)
• Bump the kubernetes group across 4 directories with 6 updates (#1991)
• Increase wait-deployment timeout (#1970)
• Fix log mesages (#1972)
• Use CAPI's ClusterCacheTracker (#1911)
• Fix remediation test badge name (#1960)
• Uplift BMO to v0.8.0 and IPAM to v1.8.0 (#1944)
• Remove release-1.6 from dependabot (#1945)
• Adding contracts in configs for tests (#1937)
• Add dependabot config for release-1.8 (#1936)
• Install setup-envtest from controller-runtime release directly and Bump envtest version to v1.31.0 (#1924)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#1928, #1933, #1927, #1931, #1929, #1978, #2092, #1963, #1973, #2032, #2044, #2075, #2104, #2088, #1961, #1976, #2014, #2001, #2031, #1968, #2027, #2050, #2072

The image for this release is: v1.9.0-beta.0
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.9.0-beta.0

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.3

Changes since v1.8.2

🌱 Others

• Bump IPAM to v1.8.2 (#2123)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.30.7 (#2115)
• Use wget while downloading image (#2117)
• simplify go version handling in verify-release.sh (#2102)
• bump golang to 1.23.3 and golangci-lint to 1.60.3 (#2099)
• Bump CAPI to v1.8.5 (#2076)
• Enable TLS 1.3 flag in CAPM3 (#2074)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.8 to 2.0.9 (#2068)
• Fix e2e healthcheck flake (#2066)
• Backport fix for test timeout (#2054)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.1.0 to 6.1.1 (#2029)
• bump markdownlint-cli2 to v0.12.0 (#2009)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#2034, #2036, #2051, #2091

The image for this release is: v1.8.3
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.8.3

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.7.3

Changes since v1.7.2

🌱 Others

• Bump IPAM to v1.7.3 (#2122)
• Use wget while downloading image (#2116)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.11 (#2113)
• Bump Golang to 1.22.9 (#2090)
• Bump CAPI to v1.7.8 (#2082)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.8 to 2.0.9 (#2073)
• bump markdownlint-cli2 to v0.12.0 (#2011)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#1969, #1974, #1990, #2033, #2037, #2049

The image for this release is: v1.7.3
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.7.3

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.2

Changes since v1.8.1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix unterminating DataTemplate deletion (#2007)

🌱 Others

• Bump IPAM to v1.8.1 (#2005)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.30.5 (#1992)
• Uplift CAPI to v1.8.3 (#1988)
• Fix cert rotation tests (#1971)
• Bump golang to 1.22.7 (#1967)

The image for this release is: v1.8.2
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.8.2

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.1

Changes since v1.8.0

🌱 Others

• Bump CAPI to v1.8.2 (#1964)

The image for this release is: v1.8.1
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.8.1

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.7.2

Changes since v1.7.1

📖 Documentation

• Fix issues in test links and triggers (#1957)

🌱 Others

• Fix Centos e2e feature test badge (#1959)
• Uplift BMO to v0.6.2 (#1949)
• Move Image build to GH runner (#1921)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.8 (#1916)
• Bump IPAM to v1.7.2 (#1909)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.17.5 to 0.17.6 (#1904)
• Bump golang to 1.22.6 (#1897)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.7.4 to 1.7.5 (#1905 #1917)
• Bump docker/docker to v26.1.5 (#1892)
• Fix verify-release.sh to understand go directive better (#1894)
• Fixing bmo version for clusterctl tests (#1833)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 (#1872)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.6 to 2.0.8 (#1871)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3 in /hack/tools (#1857)
• Remove KUBECTL_SHA256 passthru (#1827)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.2 to 2.17.3 (#1816)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#1825 #1824 #1813 #1815 #1852 #1848 #1835

The image for this release is: v1.7.2
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.7.2

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.6.3

Changes since v1.6.2

🌱 Others

• Uplift BMO to v0.5.2 (#1948)
• Move Image build to GH runner (#1920)
• Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.28.13 (#1918)
• Bump IPAM to v1.6.4 (#1908)
• Fix verify-release.sh to understand go directive better (#1895)
• Fump golang to 1.22.6 (#1898)
• Bump CAPI to v1.6.8 (#1893 #1962)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 (#1867)
• Fixing bmo and ironic version for clusterctl tests (#1842)
• Remove KUBECTL_SHA256 passthru (#1826)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 (#1812)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#1834 #1858 #1873

The image for this release is: v1.6.3
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.6.3

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.0

Changes since v1.7.1

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Fix enableBMHNameBasedPreallocation label to ENABLE_BMH_NAME_BASED_PR… (#1751)

✨ New Features

• Use Out-of-service taint in Node remediation in place of deletion (#1808)
• Support CustomDeploy in addition to Image (#1501)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixing bmo version for clusterctl tests (#1596)
• Remove clearError() function for infrastructure objects (#1767)
• Changing errors in pause annotation functions from terminal to transient (#1765)
• Protect Metal3Data and Metal3DataClaim with Finalizers (#1478)
• Clusterclass e2e test fix (#1671)

📖 Documentation

• Document job trigger for release-1.8 (#1955)
• Update triggers for feature tests (#1843)
• Add openssf best practices badge to README (#1807)
• Document backporting rules for Go lang minor versions for images (#1770)
• Overridable variables in the clusterctl-cluster.yaml template (#1771)
• Fix dead link to ubuntu feature test (#1667)
• Add info about k8s-upgrade tests for release branches (#1608)

🌱 Others

• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.34.1 to 1.34.2 (#1941 #1942)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.20.1 to 2.20.2 (#1943 #1939)
• Uplift BMO to v0.8.0 and IPAM to v1.8.0 (#1946)
• Install setup-envtest from controller-runtime release directly and Bump envtest version to v1.31.0 (#1935)
• Adding contracts in configs for tests (#1938)
• Silence fetch logs and fetch manifests scripts (#1896)
• Add CAPI v1.8 contract (#1888)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.30.4 (#1913)
• Bump k8s to v1.31.0 and drop caBundle from CRDs to support Kubernetes 1.31 (#1866)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 27.1.1+incompatible to 27.1.2+incompatible in /test (#1899)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api from 0.17.2 to 0.17.3 in /test (#1901)
• Bump golang to 1.22.6 (#1891)
• Improve verify-release.sh (#1890 #1626)
• Bump CAPI to v1.8.1 (#1889)
• Move Image build to GH runner (#1882)
• Set terminationMessagePolicy to FallbackToLogsOnError for manager (#1883)
• Bump golang.org/x/net from v0.27.0 to v0.28.0 (#1877)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 (#1870)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 (#1869)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3 in /hack/tools (#1856)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.6 to 2.0.8 (#1868)
• Bump k8s.io/code-generator from 0.30.2 to 0.30.3 in /hack/tools in the kubernetes group across 1 directory (#1850)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api from 0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 to 0.17.2 in /test (#1839)
• Remove KUBECTL_SHA256 passthru (#1822)
• Schedule dependabot on certain day, and add ok-to-test automatically (#1821)
• Make /workdir a variable in hack scripts (#1820)
• Fix issues in running local hack scripts (#1810)
• Optimize the dependabot config with multidir configuration (#1809)
• Add namespace directory in manifest collection (#1800)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.6 (#1775 #1778 #1818)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 (#1783)
• Configure dependabot for release-1.6 branch (#1781)
• Bump github.com/go-logr/logr from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 (#1739)
• Shellcheck only files (#1746)
• Update Kustomize deprecated syntax (#1625)
• Move golang.org/x/* ignore rules after the * rule (#1745)
• Explicitly drop pr approver workflow permissions (#1731)
• Remove kubesec workflow (#1741)
• Allow minor version bumps for golang.org/x/* dependancies for release branch (#1732)
• Minor cleaning of M3DT manager code (#1730)
• Add unit tests for duplicateProviderIDsExist (#1726)
• Refactor TLS config (#1724)
• Bump only patch versions for release branch github actions (#1719)
• Add OWNERS_ALIASES support (#1718)
• Group dependabot k8s bumps for release branches and ignore major, minor bumps for all dependancies (#1713)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.3 to 3.25.5 (#1681)
• Fix dependabot release branch config to bump only patch versions (#1708)
• Configure dependabot for release-1.7 branch (#1672)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.17.4 to 0.17.5 in /api (#1660)
• Fix log.SetLogger(...) was never called issue (#1658)
• Add Adil, Moshiur, Sunnat and Tuomo as approvers and Dmitry as a reviewer (#1663)
• Set webhook min TLS version to 1.3 (#1652)
• Move furkatgofurov7 to emeritus approvers (#1653)
• Add Slack notification for image build workflow failure (#1642)
• Release-1.7 related changes (#1634)
• Set ARCH based on go env (#1639)
• Add md_remediation test (#1044)
• Support for ClusterClass template (#1405)
• Bump Kubernetes upgrade from version (#1633)
• Remove deprecated/unused vars from e2e config (#1623)
• Remove keep test env related vars and configs (#1624)
• Add upgrade trigger to readme (#1597)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

#1934 #1919 #1914 #1915 #1885 #1875 #1881 #1874 #1864 #1862 #1863 #1859 #1854 #1830 #1811 #1768 #1760 #1759 #1744 #1743 #1740 #1734 #1665 #1620 #1615 #1613 #1611 #1616 #1622 #1676 #1638 #1644 #1659 #1661 #1631 #1630 #1684 #1687 #1688 #1884 #1755 #1702 #1662 #1632 #1607 #1805 #1753 #1645 #1674 #1673 #1769 #1678 #1637 #1636 #1643

The image for this release is: v1.8.0
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.8.0

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.0-rc.0

🚨 This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE. Use it only for testing purposes. If you find any bugs, file an issue.

More details about the release

Changes since v1.7.1

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Fix enableBMHNameBasedPreallocation label to ENABLE_BMH_NAME_BASED_PR… (#1751)

✨ New Features

• Use Out-of-service taint in Node remediation in place of deletion (#1808)
• Bump CAPI to v1.8.0 pre alpha (#1805)
• Support CustomDeploy in addition to Image (#1501)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixing bmo version for clusterctl tests (#1596)
• Remove clearError() function for infrastructure objects (#1767)
• Changing errors in pause annotation functions from terminal to transient (#1765)
• Protect Metal3Data and Metal3DataClaim with Finalizers (#1478)
• Clusterclass e2e test fix (#1671)

📖 Documentation

• Update triggers for feature tests (#1843)
• add openssf best practices badge to README (#1807)
• Document backporting rules for Go lang minor versions for images (#1770)
• overridable variables in the clusterctl-cluster.yaml template (#1771)
• Fix dead link to ubuntu feature test (#1667)
• Add info about k8s-upgrade tests for release branches (#1608)

🌱 Others

• Add CAPI v1.8 contract (#1888)
• Bump BMO to v0.7.0-rc.0 and IPAM to v1.8.0-rc.0 (#1919)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.20.0 to 2.20.1 (#1914)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.30.4 (#1913)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.20.0 to 2.20.1 in /test (#1915)
• Bump k8s to v1.31.0 and drop caBundle from CRDs to support Kubernetes 1.31 (#1866)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 27.1.1+incompatible to 27.1.2+incompatible in /test (#1899)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api from 0.17.2 to 0.17.3 in /test (#1901)
• bump golang to 1.22.6 (#1891)
• fix verify-release.sh to understand go directive better (#1890)
• Bump CAPI to v1.8.1 (#1889)
• Bump CAPI to v1.8.0 (#1885)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.19.1 to 2.20.0 (#1875)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 27.1.0+incompatible to 27.1.1+incompatible in /test (#1884)
• Move Image build to GH runner (#1882)
• Set terminationMessagePolicy to FallbackToLogsOnError for manager (#1883)
• Bump golang.org/x/net from v0.27.0 to v0.28.0 (#1877)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.19.1 to 2.20.0 in /test (#1881)
• Uplift CAPI to v1.8.0-rc.1 (#1874)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.19.0 to 2.19.1 in /test (#1864)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.19.0 to 2.19.1 (#1862)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 (#1870)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 (#1869)
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.33.1 to 1.34.1 (#1863)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3 in /hack/tools (#1856)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.6 to 2.0.8 (#1868)
• Uplift CAPI to v1.8.0-rc.0 (#1859)
• Bump the kubernetes group across 4 directories with 5 updates (#1854)
• Bump k8s.io/code-generator from 0.30.2 to 0.30.3 in /hack/tools in the kubernetes group across 1 directory (#1850)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api from 0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 to 0.17.2 in /test (#1839)
• bump golang to 1.22.5 (#1830)
• remove KUBECTL_SHA256 passthru (#1822)
• schedule dependabot on certain day, and add ok-to-test automatically (#1821)
• make /workdir a variable in hack scripts (#1820)
• bump remaining k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.6 (#1818)
• Fix issues in running local hack scripts (#1810)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6 (#1811)
• Optimize the dependabot config with multidir configuration (#1809)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.6 in /test (#1778)
• bump k8s.io/code-generator to v0.30.2 (#1769)
• Add namespace directory in manifest collection (#1800)
• Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.6 (#1775)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 (#1783)
• Configure dependabot for release-1.6 branch (#1781)
• Bump BMO and minor fix in e2e config (#1768)
• Bump github.com/go-logr/logr from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 (#1739)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.1.3+incompatible to 26.1.4+incompatible in /test (#1755)
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 (#1753)
• bump capi to 1.7.3 (#1760)
• bump golang to 1.22.4 (#1759)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.3 to 2.19.0 (#1744)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.3 to 2.19.0 in /test (#1743)
• Bump golang to v1.22 (#1740)
• shellcheck only files (#1746)
• Update Kustomize deprecated syntax (#1625)
• Move golang.org/x/* ignore rules after the * rule (#1745)
• explicitly drop pr approver workflow permissions (#1731)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 from 5.4.1 to 5.4.2 in /hack/tools (#1734)
• remove kubesec workflow (#1741)
• Allow minor version bumps for golang.org/x/* dependancies for release branch (#1732)
• Minor cleaning of M3DT manager code (#1730)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 5.1.0 to 6.0.1 (#1676)
• Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.5 in /api (#1684)
• Add unit tests for duplicateProviderIDsExist (#1726)
• Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.5 (#1687)
• Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.29.5 in /test (#1688)
• refactor TLS config (#1724)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.1.2+incompatible to 26.1.3+incompatible in /test (#1702)
• Bump CAPI to v1.7.2 (#1665)
• Bump only patch versions for release branch github actions (#1719)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 (#1674)
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 (#1673)
• add OWNERS_ALIASES support (#1718)
• Group dependabot k8s bumps for release branches and ignore major, minor bumps for all dependancies (#1713)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.3 to 3.25.5 (#1681)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.4 to 4.1.6 (#1678)
• Fix dependabot release branch config to bump only patch versions (#1708)
• Configure dependabot for release-1.7 branch (#1672)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.2 to 2.17.3 (#1659)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.1.0+incompatible to 26.1.2+incompatible in /test (#1662)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.17.4 to 0.17.5 in /api (#1660)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.2 to 2.17.3 in /test (#1661)
• Fix log.SetLogger(...) was never called issue (#1658)
• Add Adil, Moshiur, Sunnat and Tuomo as approvers and Dmitry as a reviewer (#1663)
• set webhook min TLS version to 1.3 (#1652)
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.24.0 to 0.25.0 ! (#1645)
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.33.0 to 1.33.1 (#1644)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.17.3 to 0.17.4 (#1643)
• Move furkatgofurov7 to emeritus approvers (#1653)
• Add Slack notification for image build workflow failure (#1642)
• Release-1.7 related changes (#1634)
• Set ARCH based on go env (#1639)
• Add md_remediation test (#1044)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 4.0.0 to 5.1.0 (#1638)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.2 to 4.1.4 (#1637)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.24.9 to 3.25.3 (#1636)
• Support for ClusterClass template (#1405)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.0.2+incompatible to 26.1.0+incompatible in /test (#1632)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 in /test (#1631)
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 (#1630)
• Bump Kubernetes upgrade from version (#1633)
• Remove deprecated/unused vars from e2e config (#1623)
• Bump k8s to v1.30.0 (#1622)
• bump CAPI to v1.7.1 (#1620)
• improve hack/verify-release.sh (#1626)
• Remove keep test env related vars and configs (#1624)
• Bump the kubernetes group in /api with 3 updates (#1615)
• Bump the kubernetes group in /test with 4 updates (#1613)
• Bump the kubernetes group with 5 updates (#1611)
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.32.0 to 1.33.0 (#1616)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.0.0+incompatible to 26.0.2+incompatible (#1607)
• Add upgrade trigger to readme (#1597)

The image for this release is: v1.8.0-rc.0
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.8.0-rc.0

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.6.2

Changes since v1.6.1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• E2e: Specify ip address pool for retrieving ip for accessing node (#1544)

📖 Documentation

• Update e2e triggers for release-1.6 (#1512)

🌱 Others

• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.33.0 (#1514)
• Bump api server and client-go to v0.28.11 (#1806)
• Bump IPAM to v1.6.3 (#1803)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.16.5 to 0.16.6 in /api (#1792)
• Bump CAPI to 1.6.6 (#1801 #1795)
• Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.28.11 (#1793)
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.16.5 to 0.16.6 (#1796)
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 (#1788)
• Bump actions/cache from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 (#1790)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 (#1787)
• Bump k8s.io/code-generator from 0.28.1 to 0.28.11 in /hack/tools in the kubernetes group (#1789)
• Bump EndBug/add-and-commit from 9.1.3 to 9.1.4 (#1786)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.1 to 4.1.7 (#1785)
• Bump golang to 1.21.11 (#1750)
• Add Slack notification for image build workflow failure (#1729)
• Add OWNERS_ALIASES support (#1721)
• Add Adil, Moshiur, Sunnat and Tuomo as approvers and Dmitry as a reviewer (#1670)
• Move furkatgofurov7 to emeritus approvers (#1657)
• Improve hack/verify-release.sh (#1628)
• Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.24.0 and golang to v1.21.9 (#1593)
• Fixing and simplifying clusterctl upgrade tests (#1464)
• Remove ironic image related checks in verify-release.sh (#1568)
• Add golang base image check to verify-release.sh for release-1.6 (#1521)
• Bump shellcheck to v0.10.0 (#1510)

♻️ Superseded or Reverted

• Bumps (#1666 #1603 #1523)

The image for this release is: v1.6.2
Mariadb image tag is capm3-v1.6.2

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊