Bazel 8.1.1 release candidate 1 is available for testing

[Hee Cha (xWF)]

Hi Everyone,

Bazel 8.1.1rc1 is now available for those that want to try it out.

You can download it from here: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.1.1rc1
If you're using Bazelisk, you can point to this RC by setting USE_BAZEL_VERSION=8.1.1rc1.

Please test it out and report any issues here as soon as possible.
A draft of the release notes can be found here.

Thanks!