Ignore deployment template's replicas if KEDA is enabled ( #9534). pass service annotations through helm tpl engine ( #10084). Implement annotation validation ( #9673). Add rolling update strategy to each static deployment file ( #10129). configure allow to configure hostAliases ( #10180). promote distroless otel init image ( #10257). Handle request_id variable correctly in auth requests ( #9219). Release.Namespace as default for ServiceMonitor namespace ( #10249) ci(helm): fix Helm Chart release action 422 error ( #10237). docs: swap explanation to match example ( #10220). Remove curl dependencies in e2e tests #9716 ( #10296). Disable Modsecurity from internal processing which affects large ingresses ( #10316). Use gzip instead of pigz in CI ( #10348). fix: update action file to auto release plugin #10197 ( #10321). Fix “dev-env” Makefile target to work with kubectl 1.28+ ( #10350). Making auth access logs optional ( #10335). Add firewall configuration to quick start documentation ( #10357). chore(build): Fix Run make dev-env syntax error ( #10294). Add golangci github action and replace the deprecated golint ( #10187). Fix http default backend test ( #10382). fix: remove curl on base container #9716 ( #10306). Deployment/DaemonSet: Template topologySpreadConstraints.Deployment/DaemonSet: Fix templating & value.Disable user snippets per default ( #10393).Update external-articles.md - advanced setup with GKE/Cloud Armor/IAP ( #10372).Add a flag to enable or disable aio_write ( #10394).fix: remove curl on base container #9716.Disable user snippets per default #10393.Some important updates to consider for testing: