ClusterForge Release v2.5.0-rc1

What's Changed

• Merge main into release/v2.4.x by @brownzebra in #820
• EAI-8232: Merge main to release v2.4.x (SeaweedFS External Secret PreSync removal) by @silokimmo in #822
• Merge main into release/v2.4.x by @lauri-amd in #828
• [EAI-8489]: Raise ai-gateway body-authz request-body cap to 4MiB by @johnl-amd in #834
• fix: aim-artifact-downloader version by @Q-Dub in #835
• docs: add AIM catalog lifecycle and model management guides by @Q-Dub in #840
• EAI-8713: move OpenShift to otel-lgtm-stack v1.0.8 by @silokimmo in #841
• Release/v2.4.x by @oskarasbrink in #844
• EAI-8713: tune otel-lgtm-stack v1.0.8 — drop unused PVC, filter apiserver metrics, size tiers, GOMEMLIMIT by @silokimmo in #842
• EAI-8865 Add AGENTS.md with repository guidance by @pre in #846
• Adding airgap details by @rodrodsilo in #845
• EAI-7854 Spread CNPG instances across distinct nodes by @pre in #802
• Upgrading default gpu operator the latest chart by @rodrodsilo in #850
• EAI-9149: set large loki back to 50Gi and stop reconciling PVC size (2.5.x) by @silokimmo in #865
• EAI-9140 Trim node labels and restore the metrics-k8s batch cap by @silokimmo in #862

Full Changelog: os-testing...v2.5.0-rc1