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# Weekly comms template

The idea is to post this Monday morning (PST) of each week. A week in this case is from the Monday of the previous week to Sunday.

**Make sure to callout https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pull/8117**

## Template

Weekly update :rotating_light:
Changes since 2023-02-20 - 2023-02-26

## Fun stats
33 PRs merged into release
2 new features ✨
4 bug fixes 🐛

## :memo: Proposals
- update autoscaling from zero proposal (#8036)

## :warning: Breaking Changes
- Add filter to associate variables with specific patches (#8128)
- in-place propagation from MD to MS (#8110)
- in-place propagation from MS to Machines (#8111)

## :sparkles: New Features
- docs: fix command-line-tools links in book (#8162)
- Add support for KCP remediation during cluster provisioning (#7963)

## :bug: Bug Fixes
- Fix flaky TestServerSideApplyWithDefaulting test (#8166)
- Requeue health check during the creation of a new cluster accessor (#8122)
- ClusterClass: run dry-run on original and modified object (#8139)
- KCP: fix rollout after upgrade (#8125)

## :seedling: Others
- CAPD: drop kubectl from image (#8182)
- hack: add support for date ranges to notes.go script (#8094)
- CAPD: add env var to allow using remote Docker engines (#8177)
- Set fail-fast: false for weekly md link check (#8161)
- align CAPD docker run flags with kind (#8157)
- Use errors.Is to check for a specific error (#8130)
- Make Cluster webhook less strict for out of date ClusterClasses (#8136)
- Add envtest unit tests for node label sync (#8055)
- Move machine controller tests to envtest, drop disableNodeLabelSync (#8044)
- Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.26.0 to 1.27.1 (#8144)
- test/framework: ensure ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait always returns a cluster (#8142)
- test/e2e: disable rollout check for ClusterClass-based cluster in clusterctl ugprade tests II (#8140)
- test/e2e: disable rollout check for ClusterClass-based cluster in clusterctl upgrade test (#8138)
- ClusterClass: Allow fine-granular control of MachineDeployment upgrades (#8102)
- Remove generation check for clusterclass to fix e2e test (#8133)

:book: Additionally, there have been 8 contributions to our documentation and book. (#8169, #8168, #8165, #8134, #8148, #8156, #8118, #8117) 


_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊
/Your friendly comms release team




Week x - yyyy-mm-dd to yyyy-mm-dd (If unsure what week check either Google Calendar or https://vecka.nu/)

From your friendly comms release team
Fun stats :wookie_party_time:
X PRs merged for all releases
X PRs merged into 1.X (main)
X bugs fixed

New features
:sparkles: Some feature
For a full list of all the changes see last weeks closed PRs.
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pulls?q=is%3Apr+closed%3AYYYY-MM-DD..YYYY-MM-DD+is%3Amerged+

Important upcoming dates :spiral_calendar_pad:
*  vX.X.0-beta.0 released - (Add date here)
*  release-X.X branch created (Begin [Code Freeze]) - (Add date here)
*  vX.X.0 released - (Add date here)

## Important dates

The list of important dates will mostly come from the release timeline doc
e.g. https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-1.4.md#timeline

We don't have list all the dates, but as they come up we should callout patch releases a week or two before the actual release.

## Example
Weekly update :rotating_light:

Week 0 - 2022-12-26 to 2023-01-02

From your friendly comms release team
Fun stats :wookie_party_time:
18 PRs merged for all releases
11 PRs merged into 1.4 (main)

New features
:sparkles: Add support for raw template URL in clusterctl generate yaml
:sparkles: Make control plane port configurable in CAPD
:sparkles: Adds a verify script that run trivy scanner on container images
:sparkles: tilt: add podman support
For a full list of all the changes see last weeks closed PRs.
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pulls?q=is%3Apr+closed%3A2022-12-26..2023-01-02+is%3Amerged+

Important upcoming dates :spiral_calendar_pad:
*  v1.4.0-beta.0 released - Tuesday 28th February 2023
*  release-1.4 branch created (Begin [Code Freeze]) - Tuesday 14th March 2023
*  v1.4.0 released - Tuesday 28th March 2023