Release v0.18.0 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator

What's Changed

fix unknown provider errors when using fetchConfigs by @w21froster in #730
avoid empty manager field in ControlPlaneProvider when no controlPlane and no features gates provided by @afarbos in #735
Improve deployment with Argocd by allowing to remove helm hooks by @afarbos in #751
InfrastructureProvider waiting for core provider even though CoreProvider is ready by @dmvolod in #756

Update helm chart index.yaml to v0.17.0 by @furkatgofurov7 in #733
Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test from 1.9.4 to 1.9.5 in /test by @dependabot in #738
Bump the kubernetes group with 5 updates by @dependabot in #739
Bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0 in /test by @dependabot in #737
Bump actions/cache from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot in #743
Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.1 to 1.9.1 by @dependabot in #741
Bump github.com/google/go-cmp from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 by @dependabot in #742
Bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0 by @dependabot in #740
Add e2e tests for IPAM provider to Cluster API Operator Helm chart by @rgeraskin in #734
Update helm chart index.yaml to v0.17.1 by @furkatgofurov7 in #746
Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.33.0 to 0.36.0 in /hack/tools by @dependabot in #747
Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.36.0 by @dependabot in #748
Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.36.0 in /hack/chart-update by @dependabot in #750
Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.5.0 to 6.5.1 by @dependabot in #752
bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.23 to 1.7.27 in /hack/chart-update by @dependabot in #753
bump actions/cache from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 by @dependabot in #759
bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.5.1 to 6.5.2 by @dependabot in #760

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0