Release v0.8.0

What's Changed

• Update quick start to use default cluster template by @neoaggelos in #125
• Support debian trixie in e2e tests and image builder by @neoaggelos in #126
• chore: use API helper for parsing instance devices by @neoaggelos in #127
• chore: make instance launch options into shared package by @neoaggelos in #128
• chore: cleanup internal LaunchOptions API by @neoaggelos in #129
• chore: use LaunchOptions for all instance configs by @neoaggelos in #130
• Run haproxy as PID 1 in OCI containers by @neoaggelos in #131
• chore: more launch options work by @neoaggelos in #132
• client-side verify hash of OCI images by @neoaggelos in #134
• chore: use klog flags for tool logging by @neoaggelos in #135
• chore: bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.3.0 -> v2.4.0 by @neoaggelos in #137
• proper support for sha256 pinning OCI images by @neoaggelos in #136
• fix e2e CI flakes with kind cni manifests by @neoaggelos in #138
• chore: more launch options API cleanup work by @neoaggelos in #139
• update roadmap for v0.8.0 and beyond by @neoaggelos in #141
• chore: update image components by @neoaggelos in #142
• chore: pre-fetch system images before running tests by @neoaggelos in #144
• Implement kube-vip load balancer type by @neoaggelos in #143
• Fix build scripts for Debian 13 by @neoaggelos in #145
• Rework internal simplestreams tool by @neoaggelos in #146
• image-builder: Make VM images compatible with both Incus and LXD by @neoaggelos in #147
• Update Go 1.24.4 -> 1.24.7 by @neoaggelos in #149
• chore: add install-go.sh script (for local development) by @neoaggelos in #150
• chore: rework image-builder CLI by @neoaggelos in #151
• image-builder: compress rootfs.img of virtual machines on by @neoaggelos in #153
• Publish image tarballs to kubeadm-images releases by @neoaggelos in #152
• update flannel v0.26.3 -> v0.27.3 by @neoaggelos in #140
• add contents: write permission to build images job by @neoaggelos in #154
• Support Kubernetes v1.34.0 by @neoaggelos in #155
• chore: allow creating lxc clients over unix sockets by @neoaggelos in #156
• chore: include architecture in imported image path by @neoaggelos in #157
• Minor bugfixes and improvements in LXC client package by @neoaggelos in #158
• chore: Adjust LaunchOptions API for specifying images by @neoaggelos in #159
• chore: Fixes for local config files and unix socket clients by @neoaggelos in #160
• chore: move image-builder and simplestreams under internal/exp by @neoaggelos in #161
• chore: complete launch options by @neoaggelos in #162
• chore: e2e test setup credentials and bootstrap cluster by @neoaggelos in #163
• manager: allow mounting unix socket into manager pod by @neoaggelos in #164
• update Go 1.24.7 -> 1.25.3 by @neoaggelos in #165
• kini - Kubernetes-in-Incus by @neoaggelos in #166
• feat: Add support for custom HAProxy config template by @HomayoonAlimohammadi in #167
• Fix ClusterClass variable definitions for ClusterAPI v1.11 compatibility by @neoaggelos in #168
• update ClusterAPI v1.10.4 -> v1.10.7 by @neoaggelos in #169
• prepare v0.8.0 release and update roadmap by @neoaggelos in #170

New Contributors

• @HomayoonAlimohammadi made their first contribution in #167

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.8.0