v1.23.0

✨ Features / Enhancements

• Add klog-verbosity flag to config-logging ConfigMap by @Ankitsinghsisodya - #9035

🌐 Networking / EndpointSlices / Scaling

• Migrate from deprecated v1 Endpoints to discovery.k8s.io/v1 EndpointSlice by @creydr - #9032

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix JobSink status Location paths for slashy event metadata by @immanuwell - #9100
• Fix goroutine/memory leak in SubjectAndFiltersPass by @creydr - #9151
• Fix vreplica spreading across minReplicas pods in scheduler by @creydr - #9157

🧹 Code Cleanup

• Remove vestigial kodata directories by @creydr - #9227

🧪 CI / Build / Tooling

• Add path filters to skip KinD e2e on unrelated changes by @Ankitsinghsisodya - #9045

📚 Docs / Cleanup

• Fix outdated documentation: broken links, wrong paths, stale claims by @creydr - #9087
• Fix KO_DEFAULTPLATFORMS example in DEVELOPMENT.md by @immanuwell - #9104
• Fix stale contribution and e2e debug instructions by @immanuwell - #9154

👥 New Contributors

• @immanuwell - #9100