v1.61.2

[gardener/machine-controller-manager]

✨ New Features

• [OPERATOR] Machine Controller Manager now supports a new machine deployment strategy called InPlaceUpdate. by @acumino [gardener/machine-controller-manager#973]

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [OPERATOR] machine-controller-manager version, and build information are printed at startup. by @renormalize [gardener/machine-controller-manager#985]
• [OPERATOR] A new termination queue to handle machines scheduled for deletion introduced to separate creation requests from deletion by @takoverflow [gardener/machine-controller-manager#964]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Resource exhaustion on machine creation results in a longer retry period by @takoverflow [gardener/machine-controller-manager#981]
• [OPERATOR] Integration test framework enhancements for resource and process cleanup by @takoverflow [gardener/machine-controller-manager#968]

Helm Charts

• admission-aws-application: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/admission-aws-application:v1.61.2
• admission-aws-runtime: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/admission-aws-runtime:v1.61.2
• provider-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/provider-aws:v1.61.2

Container (OCI) Images

• gardener-extension-admission-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-aws:v1.61.2
• gardener-extension-provider-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-aws:v1.61.2