What's Changed

• Update etcd to v3.5.23 for K8s <1.34 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17639
• Stop rendering large CAPI manifests by @justinsb in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17650
• update openstack csi images by @kraashen in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17652
• Add toolbox command to generate ClusterAPI objects by @justinsb in https://github.com...

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17705: aws: Add missing permissions for Cloud Controller Manager by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17706
• Automated cherry pick of #17720: Update etcd to v3.5.24 for K8s <1.34 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17721
• Automated cherry pick of #17722: scaleway: Fix failing terraform test by @hakman in https://...

Release notes for kOps 1.34 series

kOps 1.34.0 introduces major updates to container runtime management, enhanced cloud provider support, and significant networking improvements.

Significant changes

Container Runtime

• crictl and nerdctl are now only installed on demand (#17604)
  • Set spec.containerd.installCriCtl=true or...

What's Changed

• etcd-manager: Use image volumes to mount etcd images by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17539
• Recognize Debian 13 by @rifelpet in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17550
• aws: Update EBS CSI driver to v1.47.0 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17552
• etcd-manager: Keep the ImageVolume feature gate for K8s 1.35 by @hakman in ht...

What's Changed

• Automated cherry pick of #17550: Recognize Debian 13 by @ameukam in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17570
• Automated cherry pick of #17557: Use yum instead of dnf on Amazon Linux 2 by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/17574
• Automated cherry pick of #17554: coredns: Relax zonal topologySpreadConstraints by @hakman in https://github.com/kubernetes/k...