:seedling: Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.7.3 to 1.8.1

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Bumps sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.7.3 to 1.8.1.

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v1.8.1

👌 Kubernetes version support

• Management Cluster: v1.27.x -> v1.31.x
• Workload Cluster: v1.25.x -> v1.31.x

More information about version support can be found here

Highlights

• Support for Kubernetes v1.31

Changes since v1.8.0

:chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview

• 3 new commits merged
• 1 feature addition ✨
• 1 bug fixed 🐛

:sparkles: New Features

• Testing: Bump Kubernetes in tests to v1.31.0 and claim support for v1.31 (#11053)

:bug: Bug Fixes

• Dependency: Update controller-runtime dependency to v0.18.5 (#11046)

:seedling: Others

• clusterctl: Improve clusterctl client config logic & error message (#11052)

Dependencies

Added

Nothing has changed.

Changed

• sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.18.4 → v0.18.5

Removed

Nothing has changed.

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊

v1.8.0

👌 Kubernetes version support

• Management Cluster: v1.27.x -> v1.30.x
• Workload Cluster: v1.25.x -> v1.30.x

More information about version support can be found here

Highlights

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Commits

• 0276925 Merge pull request #11053 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-11030-t...
• e13397a Bump Kubernetes in tests to v1.31.0 and claim support for v1.31
• 2d48211 Merge pull request #11052 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-11049-t...
• 1d0078e Improve clusterctl client config logic & error message
• cb13053 Merge pull request #11046 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-11045-t...
• 21d2a53 🌱Update controller-runtime dependency to v0.18.5
• 69bbf35 Merge pull request #11042 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-11032-t...
• 06052c0 bug: Machine Controller should try to retrieve node on delete
• 3ebdd0d Merge pull request #11039 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-10958-t...
• ae9948e Update generated code
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Superseded by #281.