[ANNOUNCE] Cluster API v1.9.0-rc.1 has been released!

[Chandan Kumar]

Hello everyone,

Cluster API v1.9.0-rc.1 has been released 🎉🎉

Some important Highlights:

• Overhaul of our contract documentation: Provider contracts
• Implemented v1beta2 conditions for core Cluster API objects
• Huge improvements to Deleting conditions of Cluster, KCP, MD, MS and Machines
• Added Available conditions to Cluster, KCP and MD
• Added ControlPlaneInitialized, ControlPlaneAvailable, WorkersAvailable, RemoteConnectionProbe, conditions to Cluster
• Added UpToDate conditions to KCP and MD Machines
• Added ScalingUp, ScalingDown, Remediating, MachinesReady, MachinesUpToDate conditions to Cluster, KCP, MD and MS
• Significantly improved Available, EtcdClusterHealthy and ControlPlaneComponentsHealthy conditions on KCP
• Added Paused conditions
• Improved counter fields for Cluster, KCP, MD, MS
• Added utils and extended patch helper for v1beta2 conditions

Checkout out the "Highlights" and "Deprecation and Removals Warning" sections for more details about release.

Please see the release notes for the full list of changes.
Release v1.9.0-rc.1 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api (github.com)

Thanks to all our contributors!

Best,
CAPI Release Team