Proposal for New Release v4.7.0 – Friday, July 11, 2025 (ETA for objections/suggestions/holds)

[camilamacedo86]

Following the draft for a new release.
To check the differences, see: v4.6.0...master

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✨ New Features

• (go/v4): Add default logic to conversion webhook implementations to copy ObjectMeta (e.g., name, namespace, labels). Includes example usage to clarify usage patterns (#4825)
• (kustomize/v2; go/v4): Automatically uncomment webhook blocks during scaffold generation to improve UX and maintainability (#4826)
• (cli): Improve help output for kubebuilder alpha generate command to clarify usage (#4846)
• (alpha update): Introduce initial implementation of the alpha update command (#4871)
• (deploy-image/v1-alpha): Refine CRD conditions field documentation for improved clarity and human readability (#4894)

🔧 Upgrades

• Upgrade usage of cert-manager from v1.17.2 to v1.18.2 (#4866) (#4878)(#4905)
• Upgrade golang-ci from v2.1.0 to v2.1.6 (#4867)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (helm/v1-alpha): Use consistent file and directory permissions (0644/0755) during scaffolding (#4814)
• (cli): Ensure files and directories starting with a dot (except .git and PROJECT) are cleaned up correctly during alpha generate (#4842)
• (cli): Ensure alpha generate runs all necessary targets (make manifests generate fmt vet lint-fix) post-scaffolding (#4843)(#4848)
• (cli): Patch PROJECT file in-memory to support unsupported plugins during alpha generate (#4844)
• (go/v4): Fix grammar in e2e test comments to improve clarity (#4847)
• (go/v4): Remove unused +kubebuilder:conversion:hub marker from conversion webhooks (#4849)
• (go/v4): Set readOnlyRootFilesystem in manager and curl pods to meet PSA security guidelines (#4869)
• (go/v4): Fix incorrect ServiceAccount spec naming in e2e tests (#4868)
• (go/v4): Skip kind node creation during e2e tests if node already exists (#4883)
• (deploy-image/v1-alpha): Remove patchStrategy and protobuf tags from Conditions field (#4893)
• (deploy-image/v1-alpha): Remove default max size validation logic from CRD schema (#4909)
• (deploy-image/v1-alpha): Eliminate unnecessary error handling for addFinalizer logic (#4789)
• (go/v4, deploy-image/v1-alpha): Ensure API scaffolds follow Kubernetes API conventions. This effort aligns the code to be checked with kube-api-linter in a future release. (#4907) (#4897) (#4913)
  • Ensure CRD field comments do not start with capitalised letters and omit trailing periods
  • Ensure //+required and //+optional markers are correctly applied
  • Use omitempty for Status fields to avoid unnecessary use and complexities that pointers can bring

[vitorfloriano]

/lgtm

[camilamacedo86]

Done