cluster-autoscaler-1.29.5

Changelog

General

• Update vendor to use k8s 1.29.9 by @gjtempleton in #7399
• Add least-nodes expander by @com6056 in #7136

AWS

• Add g6e EC2 instance type for AWS by @ceuity in #7358
• Add support for Nvidia L4 GPU instances by @kamalkraj in #7352
• Add support for Nvidia L40s GPU instances by @kamalkraj in #7355
• Oct24 Instance Update by @gjtempleton in #7362

Azure

• [refactor]: Upstream most of Azure managed CAS changes in cloudprovider/azure by @comtalyst in #6991
• [refactor]: Upstream Azure managed instance cache refactor by @comtalyst in #7118
• Regenerate azure static sku list for 1.28 by @rakechill in #7111
• Allow customizing user agent for Azure cluster-autoscaler provider in #7054
• Adding temporary multizone-nodepool support for CAS by @aagusuab in #7192
• [chore]: Backport latest VMs pool, HasInstance(), cloud-provider-azure defork, misc inconsistencies, for 1.28 by @comtalyst in #7202
• Certain scale from zero scenarios around labels will be more accurate by @comtalyst in #7215
• Backport Azure e2e tests by @nojnhuh in #7247
• Deprecate option to enableDynamicInstanceList by @comtalyst in #7256
• Skips Azure-specific node labels that might mistakenly categorize nodegroups as different when, in reality, they are similar by @gandhipr in #7263
• Use AZURE_ENABLE_DETAILED_CSE_MESSAGE environment variable by @nojnhuh in #7327
• From now on, users should refer to https://cloud-provider-azure.sigs.k8s.io/install/configs/ for configuration interface by @comtalyst in #7207
• Fixed an issue where environment variables were not being passed in when config file exists by @comtalyst in #7207
• Fixed an issue where some cloud provider configurations were not being validated when UseManagedIdentityExtension is set to true by @comtalyst in #7207
• Renamed several fields from config file, with old names are still acceptable and taking precedence: useWorkloadIdentityExtension to useFederatedWorkloadIdentityExtension, vmssCacheTTL to vmssCacheTTLInSeconds, vmssVmsCacheTTL to vmssVirtualMachinesCacheTTLInSeconds, enableVmssFlex to enableVmssFlexNodes by @comtalyst in #7207
• Renamed several environment variables, with old names still acceptable and taking precedence: ARM_USE_MANAGED_IDENTITY_EXTENSION to ARM_USE_FEDERATED_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_EXTENSION, AZURE_VMSS_CACHE_TTL to AZURE_VMSS_CACHE_TTL_IN_SECONDS, AZURE_VMSS_VMS_CACHE_TTL to AZURE_VMSS_VMS_CACHE_TTL_IN_SECONDS, AZURE_ENABLE_VMSS_FLEX to AZURE_ENABLE_VMSS_FLEX_NODES by @comtalyst in #7207
• Update vendor/module versions for 1.29 by @rakechill in #7286

GCE

• Add support for Regional Instance Template by @Edwinhr716 in #7231

Hetzner

• Fix Hetzner Provider not starting after 2024-09-07 by @apricote in #7300

Images

• registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler:v1.29.5
• registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler-arm64:v1.29.5
• registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler-amd64:v1.29.5
• registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler-s390x:v1.29.5

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