v1.24.0

✨ Features / Enhancements

• Add maximum backoff duration for event delivery by @kahirokunn - #9279

🔐 Security / TLS / Reliability

• Fix double injection of trust-bundle CA volumes in reconcile loop by @dsimansk - #9260

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix RequestReply duplicate reply deadlock by @rootp1 - #9191
• Drop deleted Subscriptions from the tracker by @pujitha24 - #9421
• Wait one backoff delay before the first linear retry by @kahirokunn - #9425

🧹 Code Cleanup

• Fix non-constant format string errors in Go 1.26 by @dsimansk - #9406
• Fix stale linter errors by @dsimansk - #9285
• Add missing functions to satisfy next version of cache.Store interface by @dsimansk - #9422

🧪 CI / Build / Tooling

• Cover backoff maximum through triggers with tests by @kahirokunn - #9330
• Retry address validation until predicate passes in rekt tests by @pujitha24 - #9407
• Remove deprecated export GO111MODULE=on from hack scripts by @Ankitsinghsisodya - #8996

⚙️ Dependencies

• Update cert-manager libs and resources to 1.20.3 by @dsimansk - #9259

📚 Docs / Cleanup

• Update OWNERS to use steering-committee alias instead of TOC by @dsimansk - #9426

👥 New Contributors

• @kahirokunn - #9279
• @rootp1 - #9191
• @pujitha24 - #9421