What's Changed

[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] cluster autoscaler: enable automated builds for release by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #8872
Update default registry on 1.32 branch by @x13n in #8874
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] Add new AWS provider label that needs to be ignored by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #8927
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] [OCI] Skip drain of node on cloud-provider during delete by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #8998
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] Update EC2 static instance list on 2026-01-07 by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #9018
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] Fix scale-down eligibility when utilization and threshold are zero by @jackfrancis in #9033
[cluster-autoscaler-release-1.32] Add g7e and x8i EC2 instance types for AWS by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #9105
prepare cluster-autoscaler 1.32.6 release by @jackfrancis in #9112

Full Changelog: cluster-autoscaler-1.32.5...cluster-autoscaler-1.32.6

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