Release 0.18.1

[maayanf24]

Scheduled release date: October 7, 2024

This is a tracker to aggregate issues that should be part of 0.18.1.
Please add specific Issues or PRs prefixed with the "Depends on" keyword
(and remember that PRs need to be backported to the release-0.18 branch).

Make sure to follow the manual steps listed below before starting the release process.

Manual Steps

For detailed information regarding each step, please check: https://submariner.io/development/building-testing/ci-maintenance/

• Custom GitHub Actions
• GitHub Actions
• Kubernetes Versions
• Shipyard Linting Image Software

Depends on submariner-io/submariner-operator#3228
Depends on submariner-io/subctl#1149
Depends on submariner-io/submariner#3161
Depends on submariner-io/submariner#3135

[github-actions]

This PR/issue depends on:

• Automated backport of #3220: Add TCP port to Lighthouse CoreDNS ClusterIP service submariner-operator#3228
• subctl cloud prepare fails with OCP 4.16 subctl#1149
• Automated backport of #3156: Explicitly disable BGP export for Calico IPPools submariner#3161
• Automated backport of #3121: Add retry mechanism to CNI interface discovery on kube-proxy submariner#3135
  By Dependent Issues (🤖). Happy coding!

[maayanf24]

Released: https://github.com/submariner-io/releases/releases/tag/v0.18.1