v1.8.0

Release v1.8.0 is a regularly scheduled release focused on stability fixes, documentation improvements, and design investigations.

Notable Updates

• Add support for base64 encode/decode in Convert transform by @bobh66 in #3040
• design: webhooks in crossplane by @muvaf in #2719
• One-pager for CRD scaling discussions in Crossplane by @ulucinar in #2918
• Guide for using Vault as an External Secret Store by @turkenh in #2986
• Update xpkg spec with webhook configurations in providers by @hasheddan in #2996
• Add a project charter by @negz in #3045

Updates

• Remove the empty 'rules' field from ClusterRole by @superbrothers in #2987
• Bump Postgresql version in the documentation samples by @ytsarev in #2984
• Empty commit ahead of the 1.7 release by @muvaf in #2980
• Move releases to the new Crossplane Community Calendar by @negz in #2974
• Add customAnnotations parameter to the Helm chart by @turkenh in #2994
• Add turkenh as a maintainer (and move bassam and jbw976 to emeritus) by @negz in https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/pull/3000\
• Update Releases table after v1.7.0 Release by @turkenh in #3005
• Minor updates on external secret store docs by @turkenh in #3021
• readme: update patch versions by @muvaf in #3020
• Shorten Guide Entry Title by @natereid72 in #3032
• Claim's namespace is used as the ProviderConfig name in single-cluster multi-tenancy Scenarios by @ulucinar in #3044
• chore(helm): add arg '--max-reconcile-rate' to crossplane deployment by @Smana in #3039
• Clarify the scope of project governance by @negz in #3053
• Update release issue template with recent links and clarify process for removing old docs by @jbw976 in #3063
• Drop pushing latest tags for example configurations by @hasheddan in #3064
• Drop registry.upbound.io from core crossplane image pushing by @hasheddan in #3065
• docs.managed resources: add more details to versioning policy by @muvaf in #3050
• Fix panic from missing argument to log.Debug by @bobh66 in #3072
• Don't link to latest patch releases in README.md by @negz in #3083
• [Backport release-1.8] Bump crossplane-runtime to v0.16.0 by @github-actions in #3092
• Pin docs snippet links and configurations to v1.8.0 by @jbw976 in #3093

New Contributors

• @superbrothers made their first contribution in #2987
• @bobh66 made their first contribution in #3040

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0