v2.8.4

[richardcase]

Release notes for Cluster API Provider AWS (CAPA) v2.8.4

Documentation

Changelog since v2.8.3

Urgent Upgrade Notes

(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

Add missing permissions for controller. Its recommended that you update your CloudFormation stack. (#5539, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)

Changes by Kind

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• Add machine pool template for Flatcar Linux ([release-2.8] 🌱 Add machine pool template for Flatcar Linux #5534, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
• Fix: Ignore conflict resolution and correctly compare configuration for AddOn reconciliation ([release-2.8] 🐛 fix(addons): avoid infinite reconciliation loop #5501, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
• Fixed the default AMI lookup when using a bastion. ([release-2.8] 🐛 fix: default bastion ami lookup #5533, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
• ✨ Added support for Amazon Linux 2023 and Amazon Linux 2023 GPU AMI lookup in EKS optimized AMI workflow. ([release-2.8] ✨ feat: add amazon-linux-2023 ami lookup parameters for ssm #5555, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
• 🐛 Fix missing CRD validation for Amazon Linux 2023 eksLookupType enum values, completing the AL2023 support introduced in v2.8. ([release-2.8] 🐛 Fix missing CRD validation for Amazon Linux 2023 eksLookupType #5566, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)

The images for this release are:

registry.k8s.io/cluster-api-aws/cluster-api-aws-controller:v2.8.4

Thanks to all our contributors.

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