v1.26.0

What's Changed

• fix: add missing space in Windows e2e test shell syntax by @pierluigilenoci in #2292
• Honor stderrthreshold when logtostderr is enabled by @pierluigilenoci in #2291
• PD Restiping Feature by @cemakd in #2296
• Add cluster identification label by @hajiler in #2306
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc to v1.79.3 by @jkaurredhat in #2297
• Replace mt kubeconfig helper with sigs package by @hajiler in #2312
• Remove cross project storage pool check by @hime in #2305
• Add hime to OWNERS file. by @hime in #2317
• Stop verify-gofmt.sh from crashing silently on xargs error by @hime in #2316
• Bump the onsi group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2267
• Bump golang from 1.26.0 to 1.26.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #2301
• Update documentation for disk support labels by @hajiler in #2288
• Bump the onsi group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2326
• Garbage collector for leaked disks by @hajiler in #2309
• Fix typo: Recieved -> Received in test error message by @SAY-5 in #2322
• Bump the golang-x group across 1 directory with 9 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2324
• Bump golang from 1.26.2 to 1.26.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #2323
• Add init-container for storage class default annotation restoration by @savirg in #2325
• Bump gopkg.in/ini.v1 from 1.67.1 to 1.67.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #2311
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.54.0 to 0.55.0 in the golang-x group by @dependabot[bot] in #2328
• Bump golang from 1.26.2 to 1.26.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #2330
• fix: remove duplicate call to mutex.Unlock by @sdowell in #2332
• cloudbuild: pin gcb-docker-gcloud to current digest by @Paramesh324 in #2320

New Contributors

• @pierluigilenoci made their first contribution in #2292
• @jkaurredhat made their first contribution in #2297
• @SAY-5 made their first contribution in #2322
• @savirg made their first contribution in #2325
• @sdowell made their first contribution in #2332
• @Paramesh324 made their first contribution in #2320

Full Changelog: v1.25.0...v1.26.0