Backport to 1.34: Making CapacityBuffer ProvisioningStrategy a string (not enum) by @jakubin in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/8892
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Add new AWS provider label that needs to be ignored by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/8929
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] fix: drop remove node label and fix decrease size func by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/8931
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] feat: implement template node info by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/8932
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] [OCI] Skip drain of node on cloud-provider during delete by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9000
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Update EC2 static instance list on 2026-01-07 by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9020
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Fix scale-down eligibility when utilization and threshold are zero by @jackfrancis in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9035
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Disable GPU resource processor for nodes using DRA for accelerator attachment by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9045
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] [Feature] Make GPU utils function neutral for vendor's resource names by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9048
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Fix(log flags): handle log streams correctly by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9103
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.34] Add g7e and x8i EC2 instance types for AWS by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9107
[cluster-autoscaler-1.34] Add Intel GPU (Habana Gaudi) autoscaler support by @jackfrancis in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9049
prepare cluster-autoscaler 1.34.3 release by @jackfrancis in https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/pull/9114
Full Changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/compare/cluster-autoscaler-1.34.2...cluster-autoscaler-1.34.3