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+π¨ This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE. Use it only for testing purposes. If you find any bugs, file an [issue](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/issues/new).
+
+## π Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.28.x -> v1.31.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.26.x -> v1.31.x
+
+## Highlights
+
+- Bumped to controller-runtime v0.19, k8s.io/* v0.31, controller-gen v0.16
+- Improvements to status fields: (#11105)
+ - Proposal: [Improving status in CAPI resources](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/proposals/20240916-improve-status-in-CAPI-resources.md)
+ - Just a few highlights:
+ - Overhaul of our contract documentation: [Provider contracts](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/developer/providers/contracts)
+ - Implemented v1beta2 conditions for core Cluster API objects
+ - Huge improvements to `Deleting` conditions of Cluster, KCP, MD, MS and Machines
+ - Added `Available` conditions to Cluster, KCP and MD
+ - Added `ControlPlaneInitialized`, `ControlPlaneAvailable`, `WorkersAvailable`, `RemoteConnectionProbe`, conditions to Cluster
+ - Added `UpToDate` conditions to KCP and MD Machines
+ - Added `ScalingUp`, `ScalingDown`, `Remediating`, `MachinesReady`, `MachinesUpToDate` conditions to Cluster, KCP, MD and MS
+ - Significantly improved `Available`, `EtcdClusterHealthy` and `ControlPlaneComponentsHealthy` conditions on KCP
+ - Added `Paused` conditions
+ - Improved counter fields for Cluster, KCP, MD, MS
+ - Added utils and extended patch helper for v1beta2 conditions
+- ClusterCache supersedes the now deprecated ClusterCacheTracker (#11272)
+- ClusterClass: Support oneOf/anyOf/allOf/not in variable schemas (#10637)
+- Improved logging in predicates (#10959 #11239 #11188)
+- KubeadmControlPlane: Implement pre-terminate hook for clean Machine Deletion (#11137)
+- KubeadmControlPlane: NamingStrategy for Machines (#11123)
+- MachineSetPreflightChecks feature got promoted to beta (#11228)
+- MachineSet/MachineDeployment: Foreground deletion for MachineDeployments and MachineSets (#11174)
+- Machine: Improvements to Node drain:
+ - Improve Node drain observability (#11074 #11121): documentation: [Machine deletion process](https://main.cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/tasks/automated-machine-management/machine_deletions)
+ - MachineDrainRules Configurable Machine drain behavior (#11240): Proposal: [MachineDrainRules](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/proposals/20240930-machine-drain-rules.md)
+ - Stop waiting for detachment of volumes belonging to Pods ignored during drain (#11246 #11386)
+- As usual, significantly improved e2e test framework & coverage (e.g. #11066 #11333 #10984 #11082 #11212 #11127 #11362)
+- New providers in clusterctl: Canonical (#11337), Nutanix (#11135), Vultr (#11091)
+
+## Deprecation and Removals Warning
+
+- API: Deprecated FailureMessage and FailureReason fields (#11317)
+- The ClusterCacheTracker component has been deprecated (#11312 #11340), please use the new ClusterCache instead.
+ - For more context and examples for how to use it, see [PR: Introduce new ClusterCache](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pull/11247) and the corresponding [issue](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/issues/11272)
+ - Please note:
+ - The DisabledFor option (previously ClientUncachedObjects) is not defaulted to &corev1.ConfigMap & &corev1.Secret anymore, thus itβs now necessary to explicitly set DisabledFor to avoid caching ConfigMaps and Secrets.
+ - SecretClient and UserAgent are now mandatory options, please take a look at the corresponding godoc.
+ - The `--clustercachetracker-concurrency`, `--clustercachetracker-client-qps` and `--clustercachetracker-client-burst` flags on all core CAPI controllers have been renamed to `--clustercache-concurrency`, `--clustercache-client-qps` and `--clustercache-client-burst`
+- The deprecated `--metrics-bind-addr` flag has been removed (#11140)
+- Deprecated obsolete `errors` package (#10798)
+- Deprecated `ClusterCreateInfraReady` and `ClusterUnpausedAndInfrastructureReady` predicates (#11300)
+
+## Changes since v1.9.0-beta.1
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 23 new commits merged
+- 1 feature addition β¨
+- 1 bug fixed π
+
+## :memo: Proposals
+- Conditions: Small improvements to the v1beta2 status proposal (#11460)
+
+## :sparkles: New Features
+- clusterctl: Add support for v1beta2 conditions to clusterctl describe (#11277)
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- MachineSet: Align "random" deletion policy behavior regarding deletion annotations (#11431)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- CABPK: Add v1beta2 conditions to CABPK (#11452)
+- CAPD: Improve CAPD load balancer (#11430)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to v1.16.2 (#11462)
+- clusterctl: Do not fail when running clusterctl with a build without GitVersion information (#11468)
+- Conditions: Add v1beta2 RollingOut condition (#11463)
+- Conditions: Cluster: split MachinesReady and MachinesUpToDate into ControlPlane and Worker specific conditions (#11461)
+- Conditions: Crs: implement ResourcesApplied v1beta2 condition (#11467)
+- Conditions: KCP: handle members without name in MemberNames (#11446)
+- Conditions: Mhc: Don't set OwnerRemediated on deleting machines (#11465)
+- e2e: Bump kind to v0.25.0 (#11473)
+- KCP: Add test coverage for etcd member list util (#11449)
+- KCP: Cache Pods for KCP (#11453)
+- KCP: Change Pod does not exist message to allow aggregation (#11447)
+- KCP: Refine v1beta2 KCP available condition (#11451)
+- KCP: Retry in case of etcd errors in KCP (#11450)
+- Machine: Improve Drain for control plane machines (#11457)
+- MachineSet: Add MD watch to the MS controller (#11448)
+- util: Add new utility function to set LastTransitionTime only when status of condition changes (#11176)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.21.0 β v2.22.0](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.21.0...v2.22.0)
+- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.35.1 β v1.36.0](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.35.1...v1.36.0)
+- k8s.io/api: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/kms: v0.31.2 β v0.31.3
+- sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.19.1 β v0.19.2
+
+### Removed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+
+More details about the release
+
+## Changes since v1.8.0
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 321 new commits merged
+- 3 breaking changes :warning:
+- 33 feature additions β¨
+- 36 bugs fixed π
+
+## :memo: Proposals
+- Conditions: Small improvements to the v1beta2 status proposal (#11460)
+
+## :warning: Breaking Changes
+- Machine: Ignore attached Volumes referred by pods ignored during drain (#11246)
+- util: Fix object logging in predicates (#11239)
+- util: Fix object logging in ResourceHasFilterLabel, ResourceNotPaused & ResourceNotPausedAndHasFilterLabel predicates (#11188)
+
+## :sparkles: New Features
+- API: Add v1beta2 structs to object status (#11234)
+- API: Update machine with v1beta2 status (#11276)
+- API: Update machineset with v1beta2 status test (#11278)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Add typed watcher to ClusterCache (#11331)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Introduce new ClusterCache (#11247)
+- ClusterClass: Add support for oneOf/anyOf/allOf/not ClusterClass variable schema constructs (#10637)
+- ClusterClass: Ensure templates are created in the Cluster namespace (#11366)
+- clusterctl: Add support for v1beta2 conditions to clusterctl describe (#11277)
+- clusterctl: Allow user to suppress API warnings (#11149)
+- clusterctl: Suppress "finalizer name" API warnings in "move" command (#11173)
+- Core: Add v1beta2 condition to Cluster controller (#11364)
+- Dependency: Bump to controller-runtime v0.19 & controller-tools v0.16 (#10803)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes to v1.31.0-rc.1 (#11021)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes version used for testing to v1.31.0-rc.0 (#10965)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes version used for testing to v1.32.0-beta.0 (#11388)
+- e2e: Detect panics in e2e tests (#11066)
+- KCP: Add machine UpToDate condition to KCP (#11389)
+- KCP: Add v1beta2 available condition to KCP (#11383)
+- KCP: Add v1beta2 Etcd and ControlPlaneComponents conditions to KCP (#11302)
+- KCP: Add v1beta2 OwnerRemediated condition to KCP (#11297)
+- Logging: Suppress finalizer name API warnings in CAPI, CABPK, and KCP controller logs (#11242)
+- Machine: Implement MachineDrainRules (#11353)
+- Machine: Introduce Deletion status field and add timestamps for drain and volumeDetach instead of using the condition (#11166)
+- Machine: Refactor node drain (#11074)
+- MachineDeployment: Add v1beta2 condition to MD controller (#11338)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Update MHC with v1Beta2 status (#11290)
+- MachineSet: Add machine UpToDate condition to MachineSet (#11393)
+- MachineSet: Promote MachineSetPreflightChecks to Beta (#11228)
+- KCP/CAPD: Add more v1beta2 conditions to KCP (#11320)
+- Testing: Bump Kubernetes in tests to v1.31.0 and claim support for v1.31 (#11030)
+- Testing: Collect additional logs with CAPD log collector (#11083)
+- util: Implement utils for v1beta2 conditions (#10997)
+- util: Warning handler that discards messages that match a regular expression (#11179)
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- API: Drop caBundle from CRDs to support Kubernetes 1.31 (#10972)
+- API: Fix panics in SetV1Beta2Conditions methods (#11369)
+- API: Re-add /finalizers subresource RBAC (#11106)
+- Bootstrap: Always declare try-or-die-command function in kubeadm-bootstrap-script.sh (#11089)
+- CABPK: Bootstrap: fix useExperimentalRetryJoin for kubernetes v1.31 (#10983)
+- CAPD: Ensure DockerMachinePool providerIDList is deterministic (#10998)
+- CI: Hack: fix the shell used when running pr-verify (#11169)
+- Cluster: Disable aggregation of not reported MachinePool conditions for Cluster (#11416)
+- Cluster: Fix RuntimeClient nil check in Cluster controller (#11426)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Improve context handling in ClusterCache (#11445)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Try to fix TestClusterCacheHealthCheck test (#11343)
+- ClusterClass: Fix nil pointer for empty workers in webhook (#11197)
+- ClusterClass: Fix RuntimeClient nil check in ClusterClass controller (#11350)
+- clusterctl: Ensure move uses mutated metadata when updating a target object (#10957)
+- clusterctl: Fix: considers objects in kube-system for cert-manager to avoid upgrading twice (#11351)
+- clusterctl: Handle a nil mutator by returning an error, not panicking (#10951)
+- Dependency: Update controller-runtime dependency to v0.18.5 (#11045)
+- KCP: Consider all machines for setting .status.version (#11304)
+- KCP: Fix TestControlPlane/MachinesUpToDate flake (#11398)
+- KCP: Make KCP pre-terminate hook more robust (#11161)
+- KCP: Remove etcd member in pre-terminate hook (#11137)
+- Logging: Fix predicate logging (#11406)
+- Logging: Log errors on specific log levels correctly (#11233)
+- Machine: Fix drain log for unreachable Nodes (#11147)
+- Machine: Machine Controller should try to retrieve node on delete (#11032)
+- MachineSet: Align "random" deletion policy behavior regarding deletion annotations (#11431)
+- Release: Set previous release tag version for RELEASE CANDIDATE/BETA RELEASE (#10435)
+- Testing: Add race option to detect raced codes (#10899)
+- Testing: Fix CRS test flake (#11009)
+- Testing: Fix panics in patch unit tests (#11380)
+- Testing: Fix: incorrect name used in kustomize path (#11305)
+- Testing: Test/framework isDockerCluster should check that infra ref is present (#10971)
+- util: Fix conditions hasSameState nil pointer dereference (#11254)
+- util: Fix conditions lexicographicLess nil pointer dereference (#11255)
+- util: Fix sorting of v1beta2 conditions when patching (#11326)
+- util: Use namespace of the reference on external.Get (#11361)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- API: Add maxItems to all condition fields (#11256)
+- API: Deprecate FailureMessage and FailureReason (#11317)
+- API: Refactor godoc for API fields starting with field names (#11273)
+- API: Remove duplicate ca injection via kustomize (#10969)
+- API: Remove unused Paused conditions & minor MHC godoc fixes (#11298)
+- API: V1beta2 conditions: add function for setting the Paused condition (#11284)
+- CABPK: Add v1beta2 conditions to CABPK (#11452)
+- CAPD: Improve CAPD load balancer (#11430)
+- CI: Bump golangci to v1.60.2 (#11132)
+- CI: Fix exclude for revision management in .golangci.yml (#11060)
+- CI: Golangci: add comments to enabled linters (#11142)
+- CI: Pr-verify: use env var for passing the PR title (#11229)
+- CI: Replace kubebuilder-release-tools with new workflow (#11062)
+- CI: Switch to using ECR mirror for trivy DB repo in weekly security scan (#11260)
+- CI: Update version matrix for github workflows (#10963)
+- Cluster: Add MD/MP watches to Cluster controller (#11408)
+- Cluster: Improve Cluster RemoteConnectionProbe condition (#11417)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Add cacheSyncPeriod option to ClusterCacheTracker (#11248)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Deprecate CCT ErrClusterLocked (#11340)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Deprecate ClusterCacheTracker (#11312)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Fix flake in TestClusterReconciler (#11314)
+- ClusterClass: Add v1beta2 conditions to ClusterClass (#11428)
+- ClusterClass: Implement Cluster TopologyReconciled v1beta2 condition (#11394)
+- ClusterClass: Improve reconcile state logs (don't log empty diff) (#11013)
+- ClusterClass: Make Type in ClusterClass variable schema properly optional (#11259)
+- clusterctl: Add Canonical Kubernetes providers (#11337)
+- clusterctl: Add nutanix ipam & runtime extensions providers (#11135)
+- clusterctl: Add vultr infrastructure provider (#11091)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert manager to v1.16.0 (#11263)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to 1.15.3 (#11068)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to 1.16.1 (#11322)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to v1.15.2 (#10988)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to v1.16.2 (#11462)
+- clusterctl: Do not fail when running clusterctl with a build without GitVersion information (#11468)
+- clusterctl: GitLab can use both Path and RawPath (#10608)
+- clusterctl: Improve clusterctl client config logic & error message (#11049)
+- clusterctl: Update Config generation to use inClusterConfig (#10729)
+- clusterctl: Update RKE2 provider URL (#11216)
+- Conditions: Add v1beta2 RollingOut condition (#11463)
+- Conditions: Cluster: split MachinesReady and MachinesUpToDate into ControlPlane and Worker specific conditions (#11461)
+- Conditions: Crs: implement ResourcesApplied v1beta2 condition (#11467)
+- Conditions: Fix messages of conditions used for summaries and aggregations (#11435)
+- Conditions: Ignore new Machines when calculating MachinesUpToDate condition (#11433)
+- Conditions: KCP: handle members without name in MemberNames (#11446)
+- Conditions: Mhc: Don't set OwnerRemediated on deleting machines (#11465)
+- Conditions: Refine v1beta2 stale deletion messages (#11434)
+- Conditions: Various improvements of v1beta2 conditions (#11422)
+- Core: Audit patch withOwnedConditions (#11396)
+- Core: Refactor Cluster controller (#11345)
+- Core: Refine v1beta2 condition messages (#11404)
+- Core: Refine v1beta2 condition reasons (#11411)
+- Core: Refine v1beta2 mirror conditions (#11419)
+- Core: Refine v1beta2 ScalingUp conditions (#11432)
+- Dependency: Bump Go to v1.22.8 version (#11357)
+- Dependency: Bump Go version to v1.22.9 (#11409)
+- Dependency: Bump setup-envtest to v0.19 (#11063)
+- Dependency: Bump to Go 1.22.7 (#11156)
+- Dependency: Remove Go dependencies on k8s.io/kubectl, k8s.io/metrics, sigs.k8s.io/kustomize, ... (#11295)
+- Devtools: Fix parsing of `config.live_reload_deps` from Tilt provider config file (#11270)
+- e2e: Add dry-run CreateOrUpdate call in clusterctl upgrade e2e tests (#11349)
+- e2e: Bump kind to v0.24.0 (#11081)
+- e2e: Bump kind to v0.25.0 (#11473)
+- e2e: Dump cluster resources if deletion times out (#10961)
+- e2e: Export scale e2e test to make it reusable by providers (#11333)
+- e2e: Improve cluster deletion timeout message in e2e test framework (#11444)
+- e2e: Improve error output of ValidateResourceVersionStable (#11012)
+- e2e: Remove json logging replacement in e2e test config (#11318)
+- e2e: Remove redundant self-hosted and clusterctl upgrade tests (#11073)
+- e2e: Test/e2e: decrease concurrency (#11220)
+- e2e: Test/e2e: increase concurrency (#11067)
+- e2e: Test/framework: scale up should use allocatable memory (#11004)
+- e2e: Test: add coverage to find issues running on the next kubernetes release as management cluster (#10984)
+- e2e: Test: add PreWaitForControlplaneToBeUpgraded to ClusterUpgradeConformanceSpec (#11145)
+- e2e: Test: Bump autoscaler to v1.31.0 (#11111)
+- e2e: Test: improve autoscale tests for to/from zero and running autoscaler in bootstrap cluster (#11082)
+- e2e: Test: stop using Consistently for rollout checks (#10975)
+- e2e: Test: use cluster without worker definition for kcp only test (#11212)
+- KCP: Add NamingStrategy to KubeadmControlPlane (#11123)
+- KCP: Add test coverage for etcd member list util (#11449)
+- KCP: Bump corefile-migration to support CoreDNS v1.11.3 (#10980)
+- KCP: Cache Pods for KCP (#11453)
+- KCP: Change Pod does not exist message to allow aggregation (#11447)
+- KCP: Ensure ReadinessGates for v1beta2 conditions get set (#11335)
+- KCP: Propagate timeouts to Machines with deletionTimestamp (#11128)
+- KCP: Refine v1beta2 Available condition in KCP (#11425)
+- KCP: Refine v1beta2 ControlPlaneHealthy condition (#11438)
+- KCP: Refine v1beta2 KCP available condition (#11451)
+- KCP: Remove code handling Kubernetes <= v1.21 (#11146)
+- KCP: Retry in case of etcd errors in KCP (#11450)
+- KCP: Skip validation if CoreDNS migration library supports an upgrade if the library is not used (#11319)
+- Logging: Drop internal log package & improve logs and errors (#11025)
+- Logging: Drop ReconcileError events (#11341)
+- Logging: Fix error handling when the resource is not found (#10907)
+- Logging: Improve log when not enough replicas are ready or referenced (#11329)
+- Logging: Log controller name in predicates (#10959)
+- Logging: Log error when calling a Runtime Extension gets an error that is ignored because of failure policy (#11028)
+- Logging: Reduce verbosity of logs when calling Runtime Extensions (#11183)
+- Machine: Add feature gate to consider VolumeAttachments when waiting for volume detach (#11386)
+- Machine: Condition: fix godoc for MachineNodeHealthyCondition (#11178)
+- Machine: Extend Node drain e2e test to cover MachineDrainRules (#11362)
+- Machine: Follow-up PR nits from 11032 (#11044)
+- Machine: Implement Machine Deleting condition (#11291)
+- Machine: Improve Drain for control plane machines (#11457)
+- Machine: Improve machine Ready v1beta2 condition (#11330)
+- Machine: Improve node drain e2e test (#11127)
+- Machine: Improve unit tests for Machine controller (#11252)
+- Machine: Prevent error spamming for NodeOutdatedTaint if objects are not found (#11148)
+- Machine: Rate-limit entire reconcileDelete (#11436)
+- Machine: Refine v1beta2 machine ready (#11437)
+- Machine: Use internal error reason consistently (#11309)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Increase timeout for 2 MHC unit tests (#11019)
+- MachinePool: Improve TestReconcileMachinePoolMachines unit test (#11124)
+- MachineSet: Add MD watch to the MS controller (#11448)
+- MachineSet: Extend MS ScalingUp and Remediationg conditions to include preflight check errors (#11390)
+- MachineSet: Implement MS remediating conditions (#11382)
+- Metrics: Add nilIsZero to all KSM metric configs where needed (#11101)
+- Metrics: Revert "Add nilIsZero to all KSM metric configs where needed" (#11107)
+- ClusterClass/MachinePool: Remove paused handling from reconcileExternal (#11400)
+- KCP/MachineSet: Implement KCP and MS Deleting conditions (#11381)
+- Machine/KCP: Implement grace period for KCP remote conditions (#11339)
+- MachineSet/MachineDeployment: Foreground deletion for MachineDeployments and MachineSets (#11174)
+- Testing/Runtime SDK: Add nodeVolumeDetachTimeout & minReadySeconds for MD to RuntimeSDK e2e test template (#10933)
+- Release: Add v1.9 release team members to timeline doc (#11097)
+- Release: Prepare main branch for v1.9 development (#11059)
+- Release: Swap in new 1.9 RT members in OWNERS (#11096)
+- Testing: Bump coredns version in e2e variables (#11187)
+- Testing: Bump envtest in Makefile to v1.31.0 (#11085)
+- Testing: Check for panics during test runs in envtest (#11279)
+- Testing: Enable race detector for main module unit tests (#11207)
+- Testing: Fixing TestClusterCacheHealthCheck flake (#11374)
+- Testing: Fixing TestClusterResourceSetReconciler flaky test (#11379)
+- Testing: Make `internal/test/builder` package public (as `util/test/builder`) (#11356)
+- Testing: Test/framework: Allow ScaleUp Deployment image to be customized (#10990)
+- Testing: Test/framework: allow to include arbitrary types when dumping resources (#11308)
+- Testing: Test/framework: allow users to modify cache.Options (#11201)
+- Testing: Test/framework: GetCAPIResources should warn on rbac issues (#11205)
+- Testing: Use latest atomic variable instead of old one (#11328)
+- util: Add input validations for controllers (#11327)
+- util: Add new utility function to set LastTransitionTime only when status of condition changes (#11176)
+- util: Add support for v1beta2 conditions to patch helper (#11150)
+- util: Deprecate obsolete errors pkg (#10798)
+- util: Deprecate old pausing predicates (#11300)
+- util: Export conditions.HasSameState method (#11253)
+- util: Handle finalizers early in Reconciles (#11286)
+- util: Improve sort for v1beta2 conditions (#11282)
+- util: Improve v1beta2 condition ordering (#11418)
+- util: Make controller mandatory param for external object tracker (#11283)
+- util: Refine order for v1beta2 summary util (#11421)
+- util: Refine v1beta2 aggregation order (#11423)
+- util: Refine v1beta2 condition order (#11424)
+- util: Refine v1beta2 object sort for aggregation (#11429)
+- util: Remove clustercache nil checks (#11336)
+- util: Remove previously deprecated --metrics-bind-addr flag (#11140)
+- util: Truncate lastTransitionTime for v1beta2 conditions (#11342)
+- util: Use TODO instead of FIXME consistently (#11245)
+- util: Use url.JoinPath instead of fmt to concat endpoint (#10917)
+- util: V1beta2 conditions: make NewAggregate use generics (#11281)
+
+:book: Additionally, there have been 47 contributions to our documentation and book. (#10108, #10425, #10519, #10651, #10897, #10960, #11051, #11055, #11056, #11061, #11072, #11076, #11087, #11088, #11109, #11113, #11118, #11119, #11121, #11131, #11153, #11163, #11180, #11189, #11190, #11191, #11194, #11195, #11202, #11208, #11213, #11214, #11223, #11235, #11236, #11241, #11250, #11251, #11274, #11275, #11285, #11287, #11293, #11354, #11355, #11363, #11384)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+- cel.dev/expr: v0.15.0
+- dario.cat/mergo: v1.0.1
+- github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4: [v4.13.0](https://github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/tree/v4.13.0)
+- gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4: v4.12.0
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3: [v3.2.0 β v3.3.0](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver/compare/v3.2.0...v3.3.0)
+- github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3: [v3.2.3 β v3.3.0](https://github.com/Masterminds/sprig/compare/v3.2.3...v3.3.0)
+- github.com/adrg/xdg: [v0.5.0 β v0.5.3](https://github.com/adrg/xdg/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.3)
+- github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2: [v2.3.2 β v2.4.0](https://github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/compare/v2.3.2...v2.4.0)
+- github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4: [v4.2.1 β v4.3.0](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/compare/v4.2.1...v4.3.0)
+- github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2: [v2.2.0 β v2.3.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0)
+- github.com/cncf/xds/go: [0fa0005 β 555b57e](https://github.com/cncf/xds/compare/0fa0005...555b57e)
+- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.23 β v1.0.24](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.23...v1.0.24)
+- github.com/creack/pty: [v1.1.18 β v1.1.9](https://github.com/creack/pty/compare/v1.1.18...v1.1.9)
+- github.com/fatih/color: [v1.17.0 β v1.18.0](https://github.com/fatih/color/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0)
+- github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2: [v2.6.0 β v2.7.0](https://github.com/fxamacker/cbor/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag: [v0.22.3 β v0.22.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/compare/v0.22.3...v0.22.4)
+- github.com/gobuffalo/flect: [v1.0.2 β v1.0.3](https://github.com/gobuffalo/flect/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3)
+- github.com/golang/glog: [v1.2.0 β v1.2.1](https://github.com/golang/glog/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1)
+- github.com/google/cel-go: [v0.17.8 β v0.20.1](https://github.com/google/cel-go/compare/v0.17.8...v0.20.1)
+- github.com/google/pprof: [a892ee0 β d1b30fe](https://github.com/google/pprof/compare/a892ee0...d1b30fe)
+- github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2: [v2.16.0 β v2.20.0](https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/compare/v2.16.0...v2.20.0)
+- github.com/huandu/xstrings: [v1.3.3 β v1.5.0](https://github.com/huandu/xstrings/compare/v1.3.3...v1.5.0)
+- github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions: [v1.0.4 β v1.0.1](https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/compare/v1.0.4...v1.0.1)
+- github.com/moby/spdystream: [v0.2.0 β v0.4.0](https://github.com/moby/spdystream/compare/v0.2.0...v0.4.0)
+- github.com/moby/term: [1aeaba8 β v0.5.0](https://github.com/moby/term/compare/1aeaba8...v0.5.0)
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.19.1 β v2.22.0](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.19.1...v2.22.0)
+- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.34.0 β v1.36.0](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.34.0...v1.36.0)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_golang: [v1.18.0 β v1.19.1](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.18.0...v1.19.1)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_model: [v0.6.0 β v0.6.1](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1)
+- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.45.0 β v0.55.0](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.45.0...v0.55.0)
+- github.com/prometheus/procfs: [v0.12.0 β v0.15.1](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs/compare/v0.12.0...v0.15.1)
+- github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal: [v1.10.0 β v1.12.0](https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/compare/v1.10.0...v1.12.0)
+- github.com/shopspring/decimal: [v1.3.1 β v1.4.0](https://github.com/shopspring/decimal/compare/v1.3.1...v1.4.0)
+- github.com/sirupsen/logrus: [v1.9.0 β v1.9.3](https://github.com/sirupsen/logrus/compare/v1.9.0...v1.9.3)
+- github.com/spf13/cast: [v1.6.0 β v1.7.0](https://github.com/spf13/cast/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0)
+- go.etcd.io/bbolt: v1.3.8 β v1.3.9
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3: v3.5.15 β v3.5.17
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3: v3.5.15 β v3.5.17
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2: v2.305.12 β v2.305.13
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3: v3.5.15 β v3.5.17
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3: v3.5.10 β v3.5.13
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3: v3.5.10 β v3.5.13
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3: v3.5.10 β v3.5.13
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc: v0.49.0 β v0.53.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp: v0.49.0 β v0.53.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc: v1.20.0 β v1.27.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace: v1.20.0 β v1.28.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.24.0 β v1.28.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk: v1.20.0 β v1.28.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.24.0 β v1.28.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.24.0 β v1.28.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp: v1.0.0 β v1.3.1
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.25.0 β v0.29.0
+- golang.org/x/exp: 9212866 β 8a7402a
+- golang.org/x/mod: v0.17.0 β v0.21.0
+- golang.org/x/net: v0.27.0 β v0.31.0
+- golang.org/x/oauth2: v0.21.0 β v0.24.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.7.0 β v0.9.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.22.0 β v0.27.0
+- golang.org/x/telemetry: f48c80b β bda5523
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.22.0 β v0.26.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.16.0 β v0.20.0
+- golang.org/x/tools: e35e4cc β v0.26.0
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: a219d84 β 5315273
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc: 6e1732d β f6361c8
+- google.golang.org/grpc: v1.62.2 β v1.65.1
+- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.34.1 β v1.35.1
+- k8s.io/api: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/klog/v2: v2.120.1 β v2.130.1
+- k8s.io/kms: v0.30.3 β v0.31.3
+- k8s.io/utils: b307cd5 β 18e509b
+- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.30.0 β v0.30.3
+- sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.18.4 β v0.19.2
+
+### Removed
+- github.com/chai2010/gettext-go: [v1.0.2](https://github.com/chai2010/gettext-go/tree/v1.0.2)
+- github.com/chromedp/cdproto: [3cf4e6d](https://github.com/chromedp/cdproto/tree/3cf4e6d)
+- github.com/chromedp/chromedp: [v0.9.2](https://github.com/chromedp/chromedp/tree/v0.9.2)
+- github.com/chromedp/sysutil: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/chromedp/sysutil/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/cncf/udpa/go: [c52dc94](https://github.com/cncf/udpa/tree/c52dc94)
+- github.com/daviddengcn/go-colortext: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/daviddengcn/go-colortext/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath: [d6023ce](https://github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath/tree/d6023ce)
+- github.com/fatih/camelcase: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/fatih/camelcase/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/fvbommel/sortorder: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/fvbommel/sortorder/tree/v1.1.0)
+- github.com/go-errors/errors: [v1.4.2](https://github.com/go-errors/errors/tree/v1.4.2)
+- github.com/go-task/slim-sprig: [52ccab3](https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/tree/52ccab3)
+- github.com/gobwas/httphead: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/gobwas/httphead/tree/v0.1.0)
+- github.com/gobwas/pool: [v0.2.1](https://github.com/gobwas/pool/tree/v0.2.1)
+- github.com/gobwas/ws: [v1.2.1](https://github.com/gobwas/ws/tree/v1.2.1)
+- github.com/golangplus/bytes: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/golangplus/bytes/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/golangplus/fmt: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/golangplus/fmt/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/golangplus/testing: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/golangplus/testing/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/google/shlex: [e7afc7f](https://github.com/google/shlex/tree/e7afc7f)
+- github.com/liggitt/tabwriter: [89fcab3](https://github.com/liggitt/tabwriter/tree/89fcab3)
+- github.com/lithammer/dedent: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/lithammer/dedent/tree/v1.1.0)
+- github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2: [v2.0.0](https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/tree/v2.0.0)
+- github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap: [v1.0.1](https://github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap/tree/v1.0.1)
+- github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore: [205db1a](https://github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore/tree/205db1a)
+- github.com/sergi/go-diff: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/sergi/go-diff/tree/v1.1.0)
+- github.com/xlab/treeprint: [v1.2.0](https://github.com/xlab/treeprint/tree/v1.2.0)
+- go.starlark.net: a134d8f
+- k8s.io/cli-runtime: v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/component-helpers: v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/kubectl: v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/metrics: v0.30.3
+- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api: 6ce0bf3
+- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config: v0.11.2
+- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5: 6ce0bf3
+- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml: 6ce0bf3
+
+
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ π