OSDOCS-15829 [NETOBSERV] Refactor release notes 1.8.0-1.8.1

[gwynnemonahan]

OSDOCS-15829 [NETOBSERV] Refactor release notes 1.8.0-1.8.1

Version(s):
4.12, 4.14+

Rel notes refactor gets cherry-picked back to 4.12, 4.14, and 4.15

Issue:
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OSDOCS-15829

Link to docs preview:

QE review:
QE is not required for this PR. This PR modularizes Network Observability Operator release notes for 1.3.0 only. There are no content changes.

Additional information:

• For 1.8.0, per new guidance, there is an exception for xrefs in release notes modules. xrefs have been left as they are. There is a separate Jira to update xrefs in all newly created Network Observability Operator release note modules.
• The Network Observability Operator release notes are being modularized through a series of PRs. This means that things will get cleaned up and consolidated along the way.
• Some of these PRs may contain updates to previously merged content for the purpose of consistency.
• The network-observability-release-notes.adoc file will dwindle with each PR while the network-observability-operator-release-notes-archive.adoc file will grow.
  In as many cases as possible, such as:
  [id="network-observability-channel-removal-1.4_{context}"]
  == Channel removal
  existing ID in network-observability-release-notes.adoc has been used in the new module.
• Since not all content applies to every OCP branch, it is possible there will be cherry-pick failures. This will likely apply to release notes since it has been 1 assembly file and not all content is applicable to all OCP branches.
• I will manually verify content on each breach, and create manual cherry-picks accordingly.

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• OSDOCS-15828 [NETOBSERV] Refactor release notes 1.7 #102480 must be merged first. Then rebase to capture 1,.7.0
  • Rebased 11/14/2025 AM as OSDOCS-15828 [NETOBSERV] Refactor release notes 1.7 #102480 was merged.

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• By this PR:
  • Rel notes for 1.1.0-1.6.2 including all z-streams, have been modularized.
    • 38 new modules have been created for 1.1.0-1.6.2 including all z-streams.
    • 7 new modules are added with this PR
  • Rel notes for 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.9.0, and 1.9.1 remain.
  • Rel notes for 1.9.2, 1.9.3, and 1.10.0 were modularized from the start as they were released when the new format was announced.
  • 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are already in release_notes_archive
  • 1.10.0 can be moved to release_notes until 1.10.1
  • 1.10.1 modules will replace 1.10.0 modules in release_notes
  • 1.10.0 modules will be moved to release_notes_archive
  • Update stub to point to release_notes

[gwynnemonahan]

Rebased 11/14/2025 AM. Picked up 1.7.0 from #102480

[ocpdocs-previewbot]

🤖 Mon Nov 17 15:43:44 - Prow CI generated the docs preview:

https://102562--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/observability/network_observability/release_notes_archive/network-observability-operator-release-notes-archive.html

[gwynnemonahan]

Rebased 11/17/2025 AM

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