k3s-io/k3s v1.34.3+k3s1

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This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.3, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.34.2+k3s1:

• Update busybox to 1.37.0 (#13241)
• Add multus e2e test (#13264)
• Backports for 2025-12 (#13251)
  • Add docker dualstack test
  • Fix windows build os
  • Fix for clusters with few nodes and a lot of pod churn when webhooks are accessed using egress-selector
  • Fix spegel sharing of imported images
  • Bump opencontainers/selinux
  • Remove remaining references to drone
  • Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6
  • Reorganize Executor interface to make CNI startup part of Executor implementation
  • Bump kine and etcd
  • Bump runc to v1.4.0
  • Consolidate test util functions
  • Define DefaultHelmJobImage in K3s, overriding what helm-controller defaults to
  • Bump actions/setup-go from 5 to 6
• Fix tailscale setup in case of an already running configuration (#13267)
• Update kube-router to v2.6.2 (#13288)
• Update to v1.34.3-k3s1 and Go 1.24.11 (#13306)
• Fix cross-platform image save (#13310)
• Bump kine to v0.14.9 (#13318)
• Fix arm airgap platforms (#13331)
• Reuse airgap image release action (#13337)
• Fix release workflow (#13339)
• Combine airgap and binary publishing steps (#13340)
• Validate collected release artifact list before uploading (#13350)
• Override DefaultHelmJob at build time (#13361)

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