Release Kapacitor v1.8.0 (#6156)

* Release Kapacitor v1.8.0

* Update content/kapacitor/v1/reference/about_the_project/release-notes.md

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Co-authored-by: Scott Anderson <sanderson@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: bednar

content/kapacitor/v1/reference/about_the_project/release-notes.md

@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ aliases:
   - /kapacitor/v1/about_the_project/releasenotes-changelog/
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+## v1.8.0 {date="2025-06-26"}
+
+> [!Warning]
+> 
+> Python 2-based UDFs are deprecated as of Kapacitor 1.7.7 and are removed in this release. If you are using Python 2
+> with your User-Defined Functions (UDFs), upgrade them to be Python 3-compatible **before** installing this version of Kapacitor.
+> This required change aligns with modern security practices and ensures your custom functions will continue to work after upgrading.
+
+### Dependency updates
+
+- Upgrade Go to 1.23.9.
+- Upgrade go-lang `JWT library` to 4.5.2
+
 ## v1.7.7 {date="2025-05-27"}
 
 > [!Warning]

data/products.yml

@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ kapacitor:
   menu_category: other
   list_order: 7
   versions: [v1]
-  latest: v1.7
+  latest: v1.8
   latest_patches:
-    v1: 1.7.7
+    v1: 1.8.0
   ai_sample_questions:
     - How do I configure Kapacitor for InfluxDB v1?
     - How do I write a custom Kapacitor task?