[github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws:v1.69.0]

📰 Noteworthy

[OPERATOR] The etcd StorageClass provisioner has been switched from in-tree kubernetes.io/aws-ebs to the EBS CSI driver ebs.csi.aws.com. The disk type is now configurable via config.etcd.storage.parameters in the Helm values (default: type: gp3).
The old way of configuring it via .Values.config.etcd.storage.encrypted is now deprecated and will be removed with a future release. by @voelzmo [#1764]

[OPERATOR] Support mixed format for machine image specifications in CloudProfile and NamespacedCloudProfile, allowing both (legacy) architecture-per-region format and new capabilityFlavors format to coexist within the same CloudProfile for smooth migration. by @Roncossek [#1645]
[USER] enableMTUCustomizer field has been added to the InfrastructureConfig (default=true) to
preserve the existing behavior for all shoots. Users who no longer require the MTU to be set
to 1460 on worker nodes can opt out by setting enableMTUCustomizer: false in their shoot's InfrastructureConfig. by @axel7born [#1732]

[OPERATOR] Fix bastion creation by passing normalized capability definitions to FindImageInCloudProfile instead of raw CloudProfile spec values. by @Roncossek [#1772]
[OPERATOR] Support EFS in IPv6 only cluster. by @hebelsan [#1675]
[USER] It is again allowed shoots to use WorkloadIdentity as credentials for DNS management, e.g. via the shoot.spec.dns.providers[].credentialsRef field. by @vpnachev [#1730]

[OPERATOR] Document route table entries limit if network overlay is disabled by @hebelsan [#1744]
[OPERATOR] updated github.com/gardener/gardener to v1.136.6 by @AndreasBurger [#1748]
[OPERATOR] VPC validation now also takes additional CIDR associations into account by @AndreasBurger [#1747]
[OPERATOR] [DEPRECATION] MTU customization on AWS nodes is being phased out. Previously, a DaemonSet on
seed nodes and a systemd unit on shoot nodes manually reduced network interface MTU to 1460.
With Calico and Cilium supporting MTU auto-detection, this is no longer required. A new
MTUCustomizer feature gate (default=true) has been introduced to allow gradual rollout of
the removal. Operators can proactively disable it by setting featureGates.MTUCustomizer: false
in the provider-aws controller configuration. The feature gate and all related code will be
removed in a future release. by @axel7born [#1732]
[OPERATOR] Update gardener to v1.139.0 by @hebelsan [#1752]
[DEVELOPER] Enhance Makefile to easily deploy to a remote cluster. by @matthias-horne [#1751]
[DEPENDENCY] The following container images have been updated:
- aws-load-balancer-controller: v3.0.0 -> v3.2.1 (singleton)
- csi-driver: v1.56.0 -> v1.58.0 (singleton)
- csi-driver-efs: v2.3.0 -> v3.0.0 (singleton)
- csi-provisioner: v6.1.1 -> v6.2.0 (minor)
- csi-volume-modifier: v0.9.2 -> v0.9.3 (singleton)
- machine-controller-manager-provider-aws: v0.27.2 -> v0.27.3 (singleton) by @federated-github-access[bot] [#1717]

gardener-extension-admission-aws-spdx-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-aws@sha256:4484c396d6cb4963602be514fe3115a896b8d48374a3c83bdb66fd79ef3c23dc
gardener-extension-admission-aws-spdx-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-aws@sha256:fcc1d45ec7d4562d7d9064a7401f633963897cf63fd027c528fcc26888b5ba01
gardener-extension-provider-aws-spdx-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-aws@sha256:9cca304b31d11cedbbf5eaf94cab4e9bef7be67b7583860d26a66f5fdbd0a198
gardener-extension-provider-aws-spdx-ref: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-aws@sha256:c51e792601a9d7a5b603f3b4f9196af9d7c04529e50e6714b216c6c4c8086810

admission-aws-application: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/admission-aws-application:v1.69.0
admission-aws-runtime: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/admission-aws-runtime:v1.69.0
provider-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/charts/gardener/extensions/provider-aws:v1.69.0

gardener-extension-admission-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-aws:v1.69.0
gardener-extension-provider-aws: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-aws:v1.69.0