[ANNOUNCE] Cluster API v1.9.0, v1.8.6 and v1.7.9 has been released!

[Chandan Kumar]

Hello everyone,

Cluster API v1.9.0, v1.8.6 and v1.7.9 has been released 🎉🎉

Some important Highlights of v1.9.0:

• 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

Overview of v1.8.6 and v1.7.9

• 8 new commits and 1 bug fixed in v1.8.6
• 6 new commits and 1 bug fixed in v1.7.9

Please see the release notes for the full list of changes.
Release v1.9.0 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api (github.com)
Release v1.8.6 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api (github.com)
Release v1.7.9 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api (github.com)