Release notes for Cluster API Provider AWS (CAPA) v2.11.0

Changelog since v2.10.2

Add support for configuring cluster IAM permissions via Access Entries (#5583, @joshfrench)
Cache architecture for each instance type in memory to avoid repeated AWS API requests (#5764, @AndiDog)
Enable IPv6 support for self-managed kubernetes clusters (#5603, @tthvo)
Feat: adding FIPS to ROSAControlPlane (#5873, @tinaafitz)
Implement nodeadm bootstrapping type (#5700, @faiq)

Enhanced dedicated host logic to require tenancy=host when attempting to use dedicated hosts for instances. (#5825, @vr4manta)
Fix constant re-applying of tags if AWSMachine.metadata.annotations is nil (#5775, @AndiDog)
Fix: change HostAffinity default 'host'->'default', improve API doc and tests (#5801, @damdo)
Fix: use tlsconfig from the manager options for the webhook server (#5848, @damdo)
GPU-enabled cluster e2e test is now enabled after confirming ClusterResourceSet handles large ConfigMaps correctly (#5852, @Arpit529Srivastava)
Print reason for launch template needing update, fix constant instance refreshes for AWSMachinePool (#5788, @AndiDog)
Validate GP3 volume throughput is within the documented range of 125-2000 MiB/s (#5876, @jhixson74)

Remove the --cloud-provider flag from the apiserver configuration in all templates. The flag defaults to "external" and is no longer needed. Removed in kubernetes v1.33. (#5865, @clebs)
SetupWebhookWithManager methods have been removed from all api packages for all exported types. Additionally, the AWSMachineTemplateWebhook and AWSMachinePoolWebhook types are no longer exported. Callers importing CAPA as a Go library can no longer use these methods and types. (#5885, @mdbooth)

AI policy for the project added. (#5884, @richardcase)
Add NestedVirtualization field to CPUOptions in AWSMachineSpec (v1beta2), allowing users to enable or disable nested virtualization on supported instance types (C8i, M8i, R8i). (#5874, @jhjaggars)
Adding ROSA-HCP LogForwarder AND ROSAMachinePool ImageTypes (#5786, @serngawy)
Fix AWS SDK request metrics not being captured (#5954, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
Fix GC not covering all resources by using API response paging (#5953, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
Fixed nil pointer panic in ROSARoleConfig controller when AWS client initialization failed due to expired credentials or missing region configuration. (#5945, @andclt)
Prepare main for the next release (#5785, @chrischdi)
Templates: bump AWS CCM to v1.32.5 and add variable to control it (#5869, @damdo)
Update GitHub Actions to use SHA hashes (#5950, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)
Update the image used in cloud build (#5951, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)

The images for this release are:
registry.k8s.io/cluster-api-aws/cluster-api-aws-controller:v2.11.0

Thanks to all our contributors.