v1.46.0

[gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws]

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• [OPERATOR] provider-aws no longer supports Shoots or Seeds with Кubernetes version < 1.22. by @shafeeqes [#771]
• [USER] If the AWS Load Balancer Controller is deployed, the user used by the cloudprovider needs additional permissions. See last section in this example AWS IAM policy document here for more details. by @MartinWeindel [#717]

✨ New Features

• [OPERATOR] The gardener-extension-admission-aws chart allows to optionally configure a projected volume based kubeconfig. by @timuthy [#791]
• [DEVELOPER] This extension is now compatible with the MachineControllerManagerDeployment feature gate of gardenlet. by @rfranzke [#774]
• [USER] The AWS Load Balancer Controller is deployed into the control plane if enabled with spec.provider.controlPlaneConfig.loadBalancerController.enabled=true in the shoot manifest. by @MartinWeindel [#717]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Infrastructure dualstack support can be enabled via spec.provider.infrastructureConfig.dualStack.enabled: true in the shoot.yaml. by @DockToFuture [#778]
• [OPERATOR] add a sustainable way to get available image AMIs for the test by @tedteng [#715]
• [OPERATOR] Remove limits from system critical components by @kon-angelo [#787]

[gardener/terraformer]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Golang has been updated to v1.20.5 by @kon-angelo [gardener/terraformer#138]
• [OPERATOR] Alpine has been updated to v1.18.2 by @kon-angelo [gardener/terraformer#138]