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+🚨 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).
+
+## Highlights
+
+- Bumped to controller-runtime v0.18, k8s.io/* v0.30, controller-gen v0.15, Go 1.22
+- API: Add support for negative polarity conditions (#10550)
+- API: Allow control plane provider to set control plane endpoint (#10667)
+- CABPK: Add kubeadm v1beta4 types (including ExtraEnvs and ImagePullSerial) (#10709, #10846)
+- CABPK: Allow to generate JoinConfiguration discovery kubeconfig (#10799)
+- ClusterClass: Improvements for variables
+  - CEL support for variables (#9239)
+  - Metadata for top-level and nested variables (& deprecate previous metadata field) (#10778)
+  - Support control plane variable overrides (#10682)
+  - New builtin variables: control plane / MD / MP metadata (#10837), Cluster UID (#10822)
+- KCP: Delete out of date machines with unhealthy control plane component conditions during rollout (#10196)
+- Logging: Improvements to rollout logs: Cluster topology controller (#10690), KCP controller & webhooks (#10628), MachineDeployment controller (#10688)
+- MachineDeployment: Add remediation strategy (#10712)
+- MachineSet/Machine: Improvements to Machine deletion
+  - Machine deletion skips waiting for volumes detached for unreachable Nodes (#10662)
+  - Machine drain ignores terminating Pods earlier for unreachable Nodes (#10706)
+  - MachineSet: Fix deletion priority to avoid deleting too many machines (#10087)
+  - MachineSet: Deprioritize unknown NodeHealthy conditions for deletion (#10763)
+  - MachineSet: Ensure unhealthy machines get deletion priority (#10755)
+- A usual, significantly improved e2e test framework & coverage (#10083, #10216, #10135, #10498, #10639, #10530)
+- New providers in clusterctl: IONOS Cloud (#10767), Linode (#10471), Tinkerbell (#10487)
+
+## Deprecation Warning
+
+- ClusterClass: Deprecate definitionFrom field (#10841)
+- ClusterClass: Deprecate IP Family builtin variable (#10554)
+- MachineDeployment: Deprecate revision management (#10855)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Deprecate MaxUnhealthy & UnhealthyRange fields (#10853)
+
+Umbrella issue: API changes: #10852
+
+<details>
+<summary>More details about the release</summary>
+
+:warning: **RELEASE CANDIDATE NOTES** :warning:
+## 👌 Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.27.x -> v1.30.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.25.x -> v1.30.x
+
+[More information about version support can be found here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/versions.html)
+
+## Changes since v1.7.0
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 297 new commits merged
+- 1 breaking change :warning:
+- 21 feature additions ✨
+- 42 bugs fixed 🐛
+
+## :warning: Breaking Changes
+- ClusterClass: Adjust CC & Cluster controller to block on variable conflicts, deprecate definitionFrom (#10841)
+
+## :sparkles: New Features
+- API: Add support negative polarity conditions (#10550)
+- API: Optimize rbac across controllers (#10552)
+- Bootstrap: Allow CAPBK to generate JoinConfiguration discovery kubeconfig (#10799)
+- CABPK: Add ExtraEnvs and ImagePullSerial to KubeadmConfig (#10846)
+- CABPK: Add kubeadm v1beta4 types (#10709)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Add QPS & burst options & flags for ClusterCacheTracker (#10880)
+- ClusterClass: Add map key for MD/MP class & topology in ClusterClass & Cluster.spec.topology (#10808)
+- ClusterClass: Add metadata for top-level and nested variables & deprecate previous metadata field (#10778)
+- ClusterClass: Add variable validation to ClusterClass controller, block Cluster reconcile if variables not reconciled (#10812)
+- ClusterClass: Extend ControlPlane/ MD / MP builtin to include metadata (#10837)
+- ClusterClass: Introduce CEL for ClusterClass Variables (#9239)
+- ClusterClass: Support ControlPlane variable overrides (#10682)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes version used for testing to v1.30.0-rc.1 (#10384)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes version used for testing to v1.31.0-beta.0 (#10922)
+- KCP: Default ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate to true for >= 1.31.0 (#10947)
+- MachinePool: MachinePools: Use NodeDeletionTimeout and default it to 10s (#10553)
+- MachinePool: Set Kubernetes version in machinepool machine Status.Version (#10849)
+- MachineSet: Add remediation strategy support in MachineDeployment (#10712)
+- Runtime SDK/ClusterClass: Extend cluster builtin to include UID (#10822)
+- Runtime SDK/ClusterClass: Fix GetObjectVariableInto util func (#10702)
+- Testing: Support e2e for WSL (#10402)
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- API: Cluster should be provisoned when cpRef and endpoint is set (#10873)
+- API: Re-add patch for events (#10695)
+- API: When infrastructureRef is nil, set InfrastructureReadyCondition to true (#10909)
+- CAPD: Don't add host ports to exposed ports of containers (#10657)
+- CAPD: Fix nil pointer in dockermachinepool controller (#10876)
+- CAPD: Verify lb config after writing it (#10453)
+- CI: Add for new linters to fix old syntax (#10699)
+- CI: Add tenv linter (#10689)
+- CI: Fix conversion-gen outside of GOPATH (#10502)
+- ClusterClass: Defaulting webhook should check class is set in ClusterClass-based clusters (#10671)
+- ClusterClass: Fix indexing in ClusterClass webhook MHC validation (#10672)
+- ClusterClass: Fix TestServerSideApplyWithDefaulting flakes (#10905)
+- clusterctl: Ensure cert-manager objects get applied before other provider objects (#10469)
+- clusterctl: Fix log in clusterctl move (#10540)
+- clusterctl: Verify that there is a release for the tag (#10220)
+- ClusterResourceSet: Correctly handle concurrent updates to ClusterResourceSetBinding (#10656)
+- ClusterResourceSet: Use separate cache for partial metadata watches on secrets to include all secrets (#10633)
+- Dependency: Use k8s.io/utils/ptr instead of k8s.io/utils/pointer (#10700)
+- e2e: Ensure all ownerRef assertions for some Kind are evaluated (#10590)
+- e2e: Filter cluster-wide objects asserted in ResourceVersion tests to exclude objects of parallel tests (#10560)
+- e2e: Fix kubetest to allow parallel execution on different clusters (#10424)
+- e2e: Kubetest: also gather junit reports in case of errors observed from ginkgo (#10493)
+- KCP: Delete out of date machines with unhealthy control plane component conditions when rolling out KCP (#10196)
+- KCP: Fix some KCP unit test flakes (#10711)
+- Machine: Machine deletion skips waiting for volumes detached for unreachable Nodes (#10662)
+- Machine: Speed up ignoring terminating Pods when draining unreachable Nodes (#10706)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Change MachineHealthCheck.spec.unhealthyConditions to optional (#9774)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Skip publishing the `RemediationRestricted` event when there are no unhealthy target (#10591)
+- MachinePool: Check that replicas pointer is not nil in machinepool controller (#10632)
+- MachineSet: Fix deletion priority to avoid deleting too many machines (#10087)
+- MachineSet: MachineSet should allow scale down operations to proceed when templates don't exist (#10913)
+- ClusterClass/MachineHealthCheck: Fix default namespace of RemediationTemplate for ClusterClass and Topology (#10843)
+- ClusterClass/MachineSet/MachineDeployment: MD/MS topo reconciler: only add finalizer for owned MD/MS (#10780)
+- KCP/CAPD: KCPTemplate & DockerClusterTemplate webhook: default before immutability check (#10638)
+- Runtime SDK: Topology: use raw input object for patch calculation in WalkTemplates (#10912)
+- Security: Also use tls options for metrics/diagnostics server (#10883)
+- Testing: Fix metadata assert failure in clusterclass rollout test (#10840)
+- Testing: Fix race condition in TestPatchHelper test (#10886)
+- util: Check errors for IsNotFound after patching spec and status (#10787)
+- util: Checking cert's keypair for nil before accessing to avoid panics (#10321)
+- util: Patch helper should be able to patch non-spec objects (#10824)
+- util: SSA: recover gvk after scheme.Convert (#10408)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- API: Allow control plane provider to set endpoint (#10667)
+- API: Allow users to specify webhook server cert and key names (#10551)
+- API: Partially revert changes for ":bug: Cluster should be provisoned when cpRef and endpoint is set" (#10903)
+- CAPD: Bump github.com/docker/docker to v26.0.2 (#10478)
+- CI: Add more templating func to prowjob-gen (#10391)
+- CI: Drop pr approver workflow top-level permissions (#10659)
+- CI: Optimize dependabot config (#10571)
+- CI: Publish nightly manifests to staging bucket (#10489)
+- CI: Replace exec kubectl with client CreateOrUpdate (#10442)
+- CI: Update version matrix for github workflows for release-1.7 (#10357)
+- CI: Use setup-envtest from CR main (05/2024) to use envtest binaries from CT releases (#10569)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Improve CCT error logging (#10826)
+- ClusterCacheTracker: Use indexes field instead of passing it around (#10606)
+- ClusterClass: Add Cluster.GetClassKey() to retrieve a NamespacedName for classes (#10703)
+- ClusterClass: Add MachinePools to autoscaler e2e test (#10083)
+- ClusterClass: Add MachinePools to handler and topology test (#10216)
+- ClusterClass: Deprecate IP Family builtin variable (#10554)
+- ClusterClass: Log diffs for Cluster topology rollouts/patches (#10690)
+- ClusterClass: Separate schema and CEL errors in CC variable validation (#10809)
+- ClusterClass: Webhooks: make MDT.replicas and autoscaler mut. exclusive (#10370)
+- clusterctl: Add ionoscloud provider (#10767)
+- clusterctl: Add support for the linode-linode infrastructure provider to clusterctl (#10471)
+- clusterctl: Add Tinkerbell to the providers list (#10487)
+- clusterctl: Always run crd migration if possible to reduce conversion webhook usage (#10513)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to 1.14.5 (#10514)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to v1.15.0 (#10727)
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to v1.15.1 (#10807)
+- clusterctl: Improve cert-manager shouldUpgrade (#10407)
+- ClusterResourceSet: Ensure CRS controller always add ownerReference to resources (#10756)
+- ClusterResourceSet: Make ClusterResourceSet controller more predictable (#10869)
+- Community meeting: Retire the Alternative communication pattern feature group (#10658)
+- Control-plane: Improve KCP remediation re-entrancy (#10559)
+- Core: Cleanup separate unstructuredCachingClient (#10692)
+- Dependency: Bump controller-gen to v0.15 (#10380)
+- Dependency: Bump controller-runtime to v0.18.0 (#10383)
+- Dependency: Bump conversion-gen to v0.30.0 (#10474)
+- Dependency: Bump docker/docker to 26.0.0+incompatible (#10335)
+- Dependency: Bump envtest to v1.30.0 (#10477)
+- Dependency: Bump github.com/distribution/reference from 0.5.0 to 0.6.0 (#10501)
+- Dependency: Bump github.com/docker/docker from 26.1.4+incompatible to 27.0.0+incompatible in /test (#10775)
+- Dependency: Bump github.com/docker/docker to v27.0.1 (#10794)
+- Dependency: Bump Go to v1.22.2 (#10452)
+- Dependency: Bump go version to 1.22.3 (#10586)
+- Dependency: Bump golang to v1.21.9 and golang.org/x/net to mitigate CVE-2023-45288 (#10375)
+- Dependency: Bump golangci-lint to v1.57.2 (#10398)
+- Dependency: Bump to Go 1.22.4 (#10739)
+- Dependency: Bump to Go 1.22.5 (#10828)
+- Dependency: Fix loopvar linter issue and usage of deprecated grpc function (#10731)
+- Dependency: Fixup patch order in CABPK (#10399)
+- Dependency: Stop bumping cel-go via dependabot (#10834)
+- Dependency: Update Kustomize deprecated syntax (#10294)
+- Devtools: Add triage-party for the Cluster API backlog (#10437)
+- Devtools: Bump Cluster API Visualizer to v1.3.0 (#10386)
+- Devtools: Bump Cluster API Visualizer to v1.3.1 (#10816)
+- Devtools: Improve triage query (#10644)
+- Devtools: Tilt: Ensure in-tree providers always use start.sh to allow restarts (#10811)
+- e2e: Add function to create the ClusterProxy when using a secondary kind-based management cluster (#10804)
+- e2e: Add IPAM API to test framework convenience scheme (#10745)
+- e2e: Allow setting worker machine count to nil in ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait & ConfigCluster (#10388)
+- e2e: Bump autoscaler to v1.30.0 (#10510)
+- e2e: Bump kind to v0.23.0 (#10610)
+- e2e: Drop support for INIT env variables in clusterctl upgrade test (#10609)
+- e2e: Enable ability to test pre-releases of kubernetes (#10412)
+- e2e: Enable kubeadm ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate in e2e tests (#10940)
+- e2e: Enhance E2E Tests to Filter Out Extra Provider-Specific Metadata (#10715)
+- e2e: Ensure resourceVersions are stable (#10530)
+- e2e: Export more func in test/e2e/common.go (#10420)
+- e2e: Fix finalizers assertions (#10735)
+- e2e: Improve E2E tests for finalizers and ownerRefs (#10730)
+- e2e: Improve E2E ValidateFinalizers and ValidateOwnerRef (#10693)
+- e2e: Improve metadata assertions in ClusterClass rollout test (#10851)
+- e2e: Test: Add restConfigModifier Option to clusterProxy (#10832)
+- e2e: Test: Check for metadata.yaml when resolving releases to not try to use unreleased versions + avoid retry on 404 (also in clusterctl) (#10618)
+- e2e: Test: Dump resources before deleting extensionconfig (#10874)
+- e2e: Test: Fix machinepool test to wait for topology controller to set correct number of replicas first (#10952)
+- e2e: Test: Improve output for ValidateResourceVersionStable by using BeComparable instead of Equal (#10652)
+- e2e: Test: Skip cleanup of additional kind cluster if flag is set (#10910)
+- e2e: Test: Use pause image for autoscaler tests (#10879)
+- e2e: Test: Use pause instead of nginx (#10887)
+- IPAM: Add Ready condition failure reasons (#10660)
+- IPAM: Add spec.clusterName to IPAddressClaim (#10182)
+- KCP: Add compare util using go-cmp, modify webhooks & KCP controller (#10628)
+- Logging: Fix log keys, use upper case for logs (#10613)
+- Logging: Set terminationMessagePolicy to FallbackToLogsOnError for all managers (#10580)
+- Machine: Improve logs & conditions when machine is waiting for node (#10757)
+- Machine: Propagate timeout fields from MachineSet to Machine during Machine deletion (#10589)
+- MachineDeployment: Deprecate MachineDeployment revision management (#10855)
+- MachineDeployment: Log reason for MachineDeployment rollouts / MachineSet creations (#10688)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Deprecate MHC MaxUnhealthy & UnhealthyRange fields (#10853)
+- MachineHealthCheck: MachineHealthCheck should take Machine's InfraReady condition (#10718)
+- MachineHealthCheck: Reenable 2 MHC unit tests (#10906)
+- MachinePool: Improve MP unit test coverage (#10939)
+- MachinePool: MinReadySeconds for machinepools (#9837)
+- MachineSet: Deprioritize unknown NodeHealthy conditions for deletion (#10763)
+- MachineSet: Ensure unhealthy machines get deletion priority (#10755)
+- ClusterClass/e2e: Add MP back to dualstack E2E test (#10135)
+- KCP/ClusterResourceSet: Do not update observed generation if there are reconcile errors (#10736)
+- KCP/MachineSet: Flag for old infra machine naming (#10576)
+- Machine/MachineSet: Remove redundant watch event handlers via `Owns()` (#10048)
+- MachineSet/MachineDeployment: Preserve finalizers during MS/Machine reconciliation (#10694)
+- Release: Prepare main branch for v1.8 development (#10524)
+- Release: Push manifests for main & release-.* (#10521)
+- Release: Release notes: also detect alpha releases as pre releases (#10369)
+- Release: Swap in new 1.8 RT members in OWNERS (#10473)
+- Release: Update order of release note generation tasks (#10397)
+- Security: Cleanup owner files (#10642)
+- Testing: Allow control plane count to be configurable in clusterctl upgrade test. (#10584)
+- Testing: Bump Kubernetes in tests to v1.30.0 and claim support for v1.30 (#10454)
+- Testing: Envtest: Setup Machine webhook only once (#10506)
+- Testing: Export method and types for ClusterUpgradeWithRuntimeSDK (#10788)
+- Testing: Improve SSA patch test (#10525)
+- Testing: Improve tilt setup for local e2e (#10467)
+- Testing: Replace reflect.DeepEqual in tests (#10619)
+- Testing: Support MachinePools without MachinePoolMachines in clusterctl upgrade test (#10498)
+- Testing: Use kind as a secondary management cluster for clusterctl E2E tests (#10639)
+- Testing: Use testing.Setenv instead of os.Setenv (#10919)
+- Testing: Use testing.TempDir instead of os.MkdirTemp (#10918)
+- util: Add test for patchHelper logic around deletionTimestamps/finalizers (#10866)
+- util: Allow ClusterCacheTracker to set CacheByObject (#10950)
+
+:book: Additionally, there have been 48 contributions to our documentation and book. (#10265, #10293, #10310, #10317, #10328, #10346, #10355, #10358, #10366, #10367, #10371, #10385, #10392, #10414, #10418, #10443, #10444, #10449, #10455, #10475, #10480, #10490, #10528, #10529, #10531, #10534, #10549, #10555, #10558, #10561, #10583, #10594, #10630, #10640, #10685, #10719, #10748, #10752, #10777, #10795, #10817, #10825, #10856, #10857, #10861, #10865, #10891, #10930) 
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+- 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/fxamacker/cbor/v2: [v2.6.0](https://github.com/fxamacker/cbor/tree/v2.6.0)
+- github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3: [v3.0.0](https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/tree/v3.0.0)
+- 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/x448/float16: [v0.8.4](https://github.com/x448/float16/tree/v0.8.4)
+- golang.org/x/telemetry: f48c80b
+- k8s.io/gengo/v2: 51d4e06
+
+### Changed
+- cloud.google.com/go/bigquery: v1.57.1 → v1.3.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata: v0.2.3 → v0.3.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/compute: v1.23.3 → v1.24.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/datastore: v1.15.0 → v1.0.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/firestore: v1.14.0 → v1.15.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/longrunning: v0.5.4 → v0.5.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/pubsub: v1.33.0 → v1.1.0
+- cloud.google.com/go: v0.110.10 → v0.112.1
+- github.com/adrg/xdg: [v0.4.0 → v0.5.0](https://github.com/adrg/xdg/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0)
+- github.com/chzyer/readline: [2972be2 → v1.5.1](https://github.com/chzyer/readline/compare/2972be2...v1.5.1)
+- github.com/cncf/xds/go: [e9ce688 → 0fa0005](https://github.com/cncf/xds/compare/e9ce688...0fa0005)
+- github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2: [v2.0.3 → v2.0.4](https://github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/compare/v2.0.3...v2.0.4)
+- github.com/distribution/reference: [v0.5.0 → v0.6.0](https://github.com/distribution/reference/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0)
+- github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3: [v3.11.0 → v3.12.1](https://github.com/emicklei/go-restful/compare/v3.11.0...v3.12.1)
+- github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane: [v0.11.1 → v0.12.0](https://github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/compare/v0.11.1...v0.12.0)
+- github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate: [v1.0.2 → v1.0.4](https://github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.4)
+- github.com/fatih/color: [v1.16.0 → v1.17.0](https://github.com/fatih/color/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0)
+- github.com/go-logr/logr: [v1.4.1 → v1.4.2](https://github.com/go-logr/logr/compare/v1.4.1...v1.4.2)
+- github.com/golang/glog: [v1.1.2 → v1.2.0](https://github.com/golang/glog/compare/v1.1.2...v1.2.0)
+- github.com/google/cel-go: [v0.17.7 → v0.17.8](https://github.com/google/cel-go/compare/v0.17.7...v0.17.8)
+- github.com/google/pprof: [4bb14d4 → a892ee0](https://github.com/google/pprof/compare/4bb14d4...a892ee0)
+- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.4.0 → v1.6.0](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.4.0...v1.6.0)
+- github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2: [v2.12.0 → v2.12.3](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/compare/v2.12.0...v2.12.3)
+- github.com/hashicorp/consul/api: [v1.25.1 → v1.28.2](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/compare/api/v1.25.1...api/v1.28.2)
+- github.com/hashicorp/errwrap: [v1.0.0 → v1.1.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/errwrap/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror: [v1.0.0 → v1.1.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.1)
+- github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle: [28f6c0f → bd984b5](https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle/compare/28f6c0f...bd984b5)
+- github.com/klauspost/compress: [v1.17.0 → v1.17.2](https://github.com/klauspost/compress/compare/v1.17.0...v1.17.2)
+- github.com/nats-io/nats.go: [v1.31.0 → v1.34.0](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.go/compare/v1.31.0...v1.34.0)
+- github.com/nats-io/nkeys: [v0.4.6 → v0.4.7](https://github.com/nats-io/nkeys/compare/v0.4.6...v0.4.7)
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.17.1 → v2.19.0](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.17.1...v2.19.0)
+- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.32.0 → v1.33.1](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.32.0...v1.33.1)
+- github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2: [v2.1.0 → v2.2.2](https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_model: [v0.5.0 → v0.6.0](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0)
+- github.com/sagikazarmark/crypt: [v0.17.0 → v0.19.0](https://github.com/sagikazarmark/crypt/compare/v0.17.0...v0.19.0)
+- github.com/spf13/cobra: [v1.8.0 → v1.8.1](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1)
+- github.com/spf13/viper: [v1.18.2 → v1.19.0](https://github.com/spf13/viper/compare/v1.18.2...v1.19.0)
+- github.com/stretchr/objx: [v0.5.0 → v0.5.2](https://github.com/stretchr/objx/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.2)
+- github.com/stretchr/testify: [v1.8.4 → v1.9.0](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/compare/v1.8.4...v1.9.0)
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3: v3.5.13 → v3.5.15
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3: v3.5.13 → v3.5.15
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2: v2.305.10 → v2.305.12
+- go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3: v3.5.13 → v3.5.15
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc: v0.46.0 → v0.49.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp: v0.46.0 → v0.49.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.20.0 → v1.24.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.20.0 → v1.24.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.20.0 → v1.24.0
+- go.uber.org/atomic: v1.10.0 → v1.9.0
+- go.uber.org/zap: v1.26.0 → v1.27.0
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.21.0 → v0.25.0
+- golang.org/x/mod: v0.14.0 → v0.17.0
+- golang.org/x/net: v0.23.0 → v0.27.0
+- golang.org/x/oauth2: v0.18.0 → v0.21.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.6.0 → v0.7.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.18.0 → v0.22.0
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.18.0 → v0.22.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.14.0 → v0.16.0
+- golang.org/x/tools: v0.17.0 → e35e4cc
+- google.golang.org/api: v0.153.0 → v0.171.0
+- google.golang.org/appengine: v1.6.7 → v1.6.8
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: bbf56f3 → a219d84
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc: 83a465c → 6e1732d
+- google.golang.org/genproto: bbf56f3 → 012b6fc
+- google.golang.org/grpc: v1.59.0 → v1.62.2
+- k8s.io/api: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/cli-runtime: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/component-helpers: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/klog/v2: v2.110.1 → v2.120.1
+- k8s.io/kms: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/kube-openapi: 2dd684a → 70dd376
+- k8s.io/kubectl: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- k8s.io/metrics: v0.29.3 → v0.30.3
+- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.28.0 → v0.30.0
+- sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.17.3 → v0.18.4
+
+### Removed
+- cloud.google.com/go/accessapproval: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/accesscontextmanager: v1.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/aiplatform: v1.52.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/analytics: v0.21.6
+- cloud.google.com/go/apigateway: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/apigeeconnect: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/apigeeregistry: v0.8.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/appengine: v1.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/area120: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/artifactregistry: v1.14.6
+- cloud.google.com/go/asset: v1.15.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/assuredworkloads: v1.11.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/automl: v1.13.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/baremetalsolution: v1.2.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/batch: v1.6.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/beyondcorp: v1.0.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/billing: v1.17.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/binaryauthorization: v1.7.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/certificatemanager: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/channel: v1.17.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/cloudbuild: v1.14.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/clouddms: v1.7.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks: v1.12.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/contactcenterinsights: v1.11.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/container: v1.27.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/containeranalysis: v0.11.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog: v1.18.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/dataflow: v0.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/dataform: v0.9.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/datafusion: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/datalabeling: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/dataplex: v1.11.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/dataproc/v2: v2.2.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/dataqna: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/datastream: v1.10.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/deploy: v1.14.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/dialogflow: v1.44.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/dlp: v1.11.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/documentai: v1.23.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/domains: v0.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/edgecontainer: v1.1.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/errorreporting: v0.3.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/essentialcontacts: v1.6.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/eventarc: v1.13.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/filestore: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/functions: v1.15.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/gkebackup: v1.3.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/gkeconnect: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/gkehub: v0.14.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/gkemulticloud: v1.0.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/gsuiteaddons: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/iap: v1.9.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/ids: v1.4.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/iot: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/kms: v1.15.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/language: v1.12.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/lifesciences: v0.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/logging: v1.8.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/managedidentities: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/maps: v1.6.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/mediatranslation: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/memcache: v1.10.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/metastore: v1.13.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/monitoring: v1.16.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/networkconnectivity: v1.14.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/networkmanagement: v1.9.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/networksecurity: v0.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/notebooks: v1.11.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/optimization: v1.6.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/orchestration: v1.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/orgpolicy: v1.11.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/osconfig: v1.12.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/oslogin: v1.12.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/phishingprotection: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/policytroubleshooter: v1.10.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/privatecatalog: v0.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/pubsublite: v1.8.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/recaptchaenterprise/v2: v2.8.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/recommendationengine: v0.8.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/recommender: v1.11.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/redis: v1.14.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/resourcemanager: v1.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/resourcesettings: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/retail: v1.14.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/run: v1.3.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/scheduler: v1.10.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager: v1.11.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/security: v1.15.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/securitycenter: v1.24.2
+- cloud.google.com/go/servicedirectory: v1.11.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/shell: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/spanner: v1.51.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/speech: v1.20.1
+- cloud.google.com/go/storagetransfer: v1.10.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/talent: v1.6.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/texttospeech: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/tpu: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/trace: v1.10.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/translate: v1.9.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/video: v1.20.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/videointelligence: v1.11.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/vision/v2: v2.7.5
+- cloud.google.com/go/vmmigration: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/vmwareengine: v1.0.3
+- cloud.google.com/go/vpcaccess: v1.7.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/webrisk: v1.9.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/websecurityscanner: v1.6.4
+- cloud.google.com/go/workflows: v1.12.3
+- k8s.io/gengo: 9cce18d
+
+</details>
+<br/>
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊