v0.43.0

[github.com/gardener/etcd-backup-restore:v0.43.0]

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• [OPERATOR] Dropping the support of failBelowRevision feature as it seems to be no longer in usage for almost ~5years. by @ishan16696 [#1013]

📰 Noteworthy

• [OPERATOR] A fallback mechanism is introduced for contacting the etcd cluster when the --service-endpoints flag is not specified. by @CaptainIRS [#939]
• [DEVELOPER] Migrate e2e tests from archived LocalStack community image to licensed localstack/localstack:stable. Running AWS e2e tests now requires a LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable. by @shreyas-s-rao [#1014]

✨ New Features

• [OPERATOR] Disable fsync in the embedded etcd during restoration to reduce restoration time. by @Tomy2e [#991]
• [OPERATOR] etcd member names now support an optional member-name-prefix field in the etcd config file. When set, member names take the form <prefix>-<pod-name> instead of just the pod name. by @acumino [#1030]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Upgrade Go to 1.26, k8s.io/* to v0.35.5, and object store SDK dependencies. by @CaptainIRS [#1036]
• [DEVELOPER] Add GHA workflow PR Review Timeline for easy tracking of reviewer timelines for PRs. by @shreyas-s-rao [#983]

application/spdx+json

• etcdbrctl-sbom-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcdbrctl@sha256:7ade82666233ad1a638e6769b6d6d04a1c224d6e95911bef5419c6fcbbb843b6
• etcdbrctl-sbom-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcdbrctl@sha256:8f096ab3c1ee39264ec68caafc219667d7c49dcc7903322065ced0c519d9810f

application/vnd.cyclonedx+json

• etcdbrctl-sbom-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcdbrctl@sha256:afb99cb6caa77e9e0852ff70cca4df15a5794d1659e7484daabd49af6efa92cd
• etcdbrctl-sbom-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcdbrctl@sha256:bd24f8bdb8dbe7e6db377adfe0bc210463f0c3a5d6d7b87a9234f7f69cb3c4e5

Container (OCI) Images

• etcdbrctl: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcdbrctl:v0.43.0