rancher/rke2 v1.37.0-rc1+rke2r1 on GitHub

What's Changed

Use crane to package non-core images by @dereknola in #9440
Bump rke2-calico to v3.31.3 by @thomasferrandiz in #9452
CNI bump Jan 2026 by @thomasferrandiz in #9463
Bump alpine from 3.22 to 3.23 by @dependabot[bot] in #9345
ADR about security-responder by @manuelbuil in #9006
Remove Unnecessary GHA tools by @dereknola in #9447
Bump Ingresses - 2026 Jan by @dereknola in #9479
Bump snapshot controller and csi-snapshotter by @dereknola in #9491
Bump github.com/expr-lang/expr from 1.17.6 to 1.17.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #9431
[master] Publish GA images to staging registry by @rafaelbreno in #9469
chore: Bump containerd by @dereknola in #9497
Add check-images build script, fix incorrect image by @dereknola in #9496
rke2-coredns: Use k8s-style "IANA" names (RFC 6335) by @mgfritch in #9498
Bump K3s version for main by @brandond in #9512
[Windows] Adjust directory creation order in rke2-runtime image by @HarrisonWAffel in #9433
Update to cilium v1.18.6 by @mgfritch in #9518
Add retry when downloading kubectl in builds by @dereknola in #9520
Bump Traefik version to v3.6.7 by @manuelbuil in #9539
Sync chart and image versions with rancher/rke2-charts main by @thomasferrandiz with @Copilot in #9555
Add e2e test for Calico in eBPF mode by @thomasferrandiz in #9417
Add el10 for the install script by @vitorsavian in #9557
Replace deprecated wait.Poll with wait.PollUntilContextTimeout by @luojiyin1987 in #9509
Add path prefix support to system-default-registry by @ngharo in #9404
Consolidate vagrant network configuration for the extra interface in one script by @manuelbuil in #9570
Bump etcd to v3.6.7 by @brandond in #9577
[master] Update to v1.35.0-rke2r3 by @rafaelbreno in #9598
Increase time-outs in calico ebpf test by @thomasferrandiz in #9590
[master] Fix release arm64 by @rafaelbreno in #9603
[master] Fix manifest and sync-prime steps by @rafaelbreno in #9612
Revert accidental hardcode of klipper-helm tag by @brandond in #9622
Fix setup-go cache key creation by @dereknola in #9576
Bump K3s version for main by @brandond in #9632
Bump ingress-nginx to v1.14.3-hardened1 by @dereknola in #9637
Bump rancher/ecm-distro-tools from 0.61.0 to 0.61.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #9552
[master] Bump stable channel to v1.34.3+rke2r3 by @rafaelbreno in #9651
Install the kubectl version from stable defined in channels.yaml by @dereknola in #9652
Update nightly images 2026 by @dereknola in #9615
Bump Traefik and Snapshot controller by @dereknola in #9658
Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.201 by @mgfritch in #9639
[master] Add -e REGISTRY in Makefile in-docker-% by @rafaelbreno in #9620
Remove cloud-config arg from kubelet for windows by @adonskoy in #9664
Update Cilium chart to v1.19.0 by @rbrtbnfgl in #9669
CNI bumps for the Feb 2026 release by @mgfritch in #9668
Update to Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.007 by @mgfritch in #9666
Bump ingress-nginx to v1.14.3-hardened2 by @dereknola in #9695
fix: clarified the proper user docs location by @e-minguez in #9693
[master] Update K8s to v1.35.1 and Go to v1.25.6 by @rafaelbreno in #9704
Bump k3s/rke2-ccm/klipper-lb/klipper-helm by @brandond in #9707
Bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #9670
Ingress-Nginx to Traefik Docker Test by @dereknola in #9733
Bump stable to v1.34.4+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #9725
Bump aquasecurity/trivy-action from 0.33.1 to 0.34.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9727
Prevent manifest race in Ingress Migration test by @dereknola in #9742
Update to cilium v1.19.1 by @mgfritch in #9740
Change SLES 16 default installation to rpms by @vitorsavian in #9723
Fix tarball ownership and permissions by @brandond in #9754
Fix rke2 startup when embedded registry is enabled but not configured by @brandond in #9756
Bump actions/stale from 10.1.1 to 10.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9766
Fix to only set the default for SLES 16 and not for SLEMicro 6.2 by @vitorsavian in #9769
Prevent a node transform from agent/server to server/agent by @manuelbuil in #9729
Fix package dev broken after dapper removal from rke2-packaging by @vitorsavian in #9798
Align integration test and coverage file generation by @manuelbuil in #9799
Bump Traefik to v3.6.9 by @manuelbuil in #9787
[master] Update to v1.35.2 and Go v1.25.7 by @rafaelbreno in #9813
Bump ETCD version to v3.6.7-k3s1-20260227 by @vitorsavian in #9823
Bump k3s for etcd bootstrap fix by @brandond in #9784
chore: Bump ingress-nginx 2026-Feb by @dereknola in #9828
Reduce embedded registry peer wait from 60 seconds to 15 by @brandond in #9839
Bump crictl, runc and containerd to build20260303 by @vitorsavian in #9853
Bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #9845
Bump rancher/ecm-distro-tools from 0.61.1 to 0.62.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9846
Update PSA namespace exceptions by @dereknola in #9867
Add prime configuration by @dereknola in #9859
update channel server to 1.34.5 by @briandowns in #9864
Bump ingresses 2026 March by @dereknola in #9888
Update to calico v3.31.4 by @mgfritch in #9773
Bump snapshot crd for groupsnapshot v1beta2 by @dereknola in #9893
Update to multus chart v4.2.403 by @mgfritch in #9886
Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.205 by @mgfritch in #9884
Bump flannel with newer busybox image by @dereknola in #9930
Bump K3s version for main by @brandond in #9925
Update to canal v3.31.4-build2026031000 by @mgfritch in #9945
Bump runc to v1.4.1 by @brandond in #9954
Pass PRIME_REGISTRY env var to make ci steps by @dereknola in #9962
Add PRIME_REGISTRY passthrough to in-docker-XXXXX targets by @dereknola in #9972
Bump actions/create-github-app-token from 2 to 3 by @dependabot[bot] in #9960
Bump docker/login-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #9874
Add restorecon if selinux is installed in tar to fix wrong contexts by @vitorsavian in #9923
Bump K3s version for main by @brandond in #9985
Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #9847
[master] Update to v1.35.3 by @rafaelbreno in #9994
remove old data dirs after succesful start by @bashilias in #9977
chore(ci): bump aquasecurity/trivy-action to v0.35.0 by @macedogm in #10002
Bump ingress nginx to v1.14.5 by @vitorsavian in #10003
[master] Pin GH Actions to commit sha by @macedogm in #10014
[master] Add Install Trivy step by @rafaelbreno in #10027
Fixed Flannel configuration for e2e tests by @rbrtbnfgl in #10034
SHA by @cwayne18 in #10036
Bump helm-controller and k3s by @brandond in #10044
Add restorecon for /var/lib/rancher/rke2 when installing with tarball by @vitorsavian in #10039
Update to flannel v0.28.2 by @mgfritch in #10050
Bump rancher/ecm-distro-tools from 0.62.0 to 0.65.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #10020
[master] Update stable to v1.34.6+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #10061
Bump nginx to fix kubegen by @vitorsavian in #10077
Update GHA hash to the latest by @vitorsavian in #10083
add checksum verification for 3rd party dependencies by @thomasferrandiz in #10081
Bump ingress-chart to 4.14.503 by @vitorsavian in #10084
Change default ingress controller to traefik, with support for detecting legacy default ingress-class by @brandond in #10037
[master] Add INGRESS_IMAGES by @rafaelbreno in #10117
Checksum verification in Dockerfile.windows, this ones gonna be a doo… by @cwayne18 in #10047
Fix checksums in Dockerfile.windows by @thomasferrandiz in #10128
test-suite: fix vault action failure by @mgfritch in #10135
[master] Update stable channel to v1.34.6+rke2r3 by @rafaelbreno in #10139
[master] Make releases immutable by @rafaelbreno in #10043
Bump images to build20260410 by @vitorsavian in #10141
Update to cilium v1.19.2 by @mgfritch in #10099
CNI bumps for the Apr 2026 release by @mgfritch in #10133
[master] charts: bump Harvester CSI Driver 0.1.28 by @Vicente-Cheng in #10109
Update Traefik to v3.6.12 by @manuelbuil in #10158
Update Flannel and Canal chart with updated images by @rbrtbnfgl in #10169
Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.408 by @thomasferrandiz in #10173
Update to Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.008 by @mgfritch in #10180
Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.208 by @mgfritch in #10131
Bump ingress-nginx to fix CVEs by @vitorsavian in #10184
Bump etcd for CVE reasons by @cwayne18 in #10195
Bump to snapshot-controller v8.5.0 by @mgfritch in #10207
Update to calico v3.31.5 by @mgfritch in #10219
CNI bumps for the Apr 2026 release (part deux) by @mgfritch in #10220
[master] K3s bump for 2026-04 by @brandond in #10208
[master] Update to v1.35.4 and Go v1.25.9 by @rafaelbreno in #10235
Bump Traefik v3.6.13 by @manuelbuil in #10238
Update to cilium v1.19.3 by @mgfritch in #10240
Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.209 by @mgfritch in #10265
Bump rke2-multus to v4.2.410 by @thomasferrandiz in #10272
Add ADR about gateway-api bundle by @manuelbuil in #10104
Bump k3s and klipper helm by @brandond in #10283
Added updatecli automation for CNI update by @rbrtbnfgl in #10100
Replace ingress-nginx with traefik in core image list by @brandond in #10269
[master] Update stable to v1.35.4+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #10292
Update to Kubernetes v1.36.0 by @brandond in #10296
Update kubernetes image in Dockerfile by @brandond in #10300
Do not expect boringcrypto experiment on windows by @brandond in #10302
Added GH Token to access gh api to retrive win bin hash by @rbrtbnfgl in #10311
Add support for ovirt CSI via --cloud-provider-name=ovirt by @brandond in #10312
Bump ingress-nginx by @vitorsavian in #10317
Add prime configuration flag ADR by @manuelbuil in #10280
Update to CoreDNS chart 1.45.211 by @mgfritch with @Copilot in #10314
Traefik 3.6.16 by @cwayne18 in #10325
Do not bundle ovirt images on arm64 by @brandond in #10340
Add release cadence to the RKE2 README by @manuelbuil in #10324
Update Calico chart to v3.32.000 by @github-actions[bot] in #10308
Update Cilium chart to 1.19.302 by @github-actions[bot] in #10309
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.401 by @github-actions[bot] in #10316
Update Canal chart to v3.32.0-build2026050700 by @github-actions[bot] in #10318
Update Multus chart to v4.2.411 by @github-actions[bot] in #10319
Fix rke2-calico-crd chart build by @rbrtbnfgl in #10353
Bump K3s version by @brandond in #10355
Update to coredns 1.45.212 by @mgfritch in #10368
Update Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.010 by @mgfritch in #10369
Update CNIs for 2026-05 Release Cycle by @mgfritch in #10370
Add verification before disabling CCM by @vitorsavian in #10351
Bump images for CVE reasons by @mgfritch in #10389
Fix inconsistent klipper-lb version by @brandond in #10395
[master] Update to v1.36.1 by @rafaelbreno in #10400
Bump images for CVE reasons: Part Deux by @mgfritch in #10407
Bump ingress-nginx for prime by @vitorsavian in #10414
Set klipper-helm registry correctly when prime by @manuelbuil in #10426
[master] Update stable channel to v1.35.5+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #10428
[master] Update to v1.36.1+rke2r2 by @rafaelbreno in #10447
Fix calico toleration values by @rbrtbnfgl in #10450
Bump ingress-nginx to address CVE-2026-9256 by @vitorsavian in #10461
Set startup probes for etcd by @alexander-demicev in #10425
Ensure checks run for UpdateCli created PRs by @mgfritch in #10440
Bump rke2-calico chart for network-unavailable toleration by @brandond in #10489
Correct the ADR about prime flag by @manuelbuil in #10413
Ensure PR_NUMBER is always a number by @dirkmueller in #10405
[master] Update stable channel to v1.35.5+rke2r2 by @rafaelbreno in #10497
Use arch matrix for all release jobs by @brandond in #10503
removed unused windows install script by @vardhaman22 in #10505
Set bootstrap to false for rke2-multus by @thomasferrandiz in #10500
Bump K3s/containerd/etcd/kine/spegel/klipper-helm by @brandond in #10510
Update CoreDNS chart 1.46.0 and Update Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.13.1 by @mgfritch in #10525
CNI bumps for the 2026-06 Release Cycle by @mgfritch in #10531
bump ecm distro tools to v0.72.0 by @tashima42 in #10506
Bump Traefik image and chart by @manuelbuil in #10499
Bump snapshot-controller by @dereknola in #10564
Bump prime ingress nginx chart and image to v1.15.1 by @vitorsavian in #10570
Bump BCI images for CVE reasons by @mgfritch in #10572
Improve performance of build-amd64 CI by @dereknola in #10580
Update to coredns chart 1.46.002 by @mgfritch in #10591
Update Canal chart with crd fix by @rbrtbnfgl in #10597
Bump k3s to remove golang version checks by @brandond in #10603
Group github action bumps into a single monthly PR by @dereknola in #10609
[master] Update to v1.36.2 and Go v1.26.4 by @rafaelbreno in #10620
Bump klipper-helm for CVE reasons by @cwayne18 in #10623
[master] Fix missing arm64 checksum by @rafaelbreno in #10633
Bump containerd with the fix for []byte by @vitorsavian in #10635
Bump the action-deps group with 15 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #10615
chore: replace deprecated io/ioutil with os and io equivalents by @immanuwell in #10496
Bump containerd to v2.3.2 by @brandond in #10652
Don't clean up data dirs still referenced by containers by @brandond in #10658
Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix by @brandond in #10671
[master] Update stable to v1.35.6+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #10676
Bump HCP 0.2.12 by @w13915984028 in #10642
[ADR] Add rke2-patcher ADR for review by @manuelbuil in #9848
changed: exclude linux from windows tarball by @bashilias in #10611
charts: Bump Harvester CSI driver 0.1.30 by @WebberHuang1118 in #10665
Add updateCLI policy to bump ingress-nginx prime image tag by @cwayne18 in #10684
Update ingress-nginx to chart 4.15.102 / image v1.15.1-prime5 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10691
updatecli: Prevent gh/XDG state files from polluting autocreated PRs by @mgfritch in #10548
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.702 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10693
Update Calico chart to v3.32.100 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10713
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026070800 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10714
Update Cilium chart to 1.19.500 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10715
Bump hardened-containerd, hardened-crictl, and hardened-runc for Go/x-net CVE fixes by @cwayne18 in #10724
Update Multus chart to v4.3.002 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10717
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.703 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10731
Update Cilium chart to 1.19.501 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10730
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026070900 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10732
[rke2 master] Bump HCP to 0.2.14 by @Yu-Jack in #10701
Bump klipper-helm to v0.12.1-build20260709 by @cwayne18 in #10747
Add PRIME versions of the vsphere images by @dereknola in #10696
Bump snapshot-controller image tag to v8.6.0-build20260708 by @cwayne18 in #10754
Update to coredns chart 1.46.004 and metrics-server chart 3.13.102 by @mgfritch in #10761
Bump Traefik to v3.7.7 and support kubernetesIngressNginx by @manuelbuil in #10707
Update ingress-nginx to chart 4.15.103 / image v1.15.1-prime6 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10760
Bump alpine from 3.23 to 3.24 by @dependabot[bot] in #10614
Bump rke2 CCM tag - 2026 July by @dereknola in #10752
Update Multus chart to v4.3.004 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10780
Bump etcd to 3.6.12-k3s1-build20260708 by @vitorsavian in #10786
Update vsphere-csi chart by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10778
[master] Bump k3s for 2026-07 by @brandond in #10799
Bump the action-deps group with 11 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #10804
Bump ingress-nginx version to prime7 by @vitorsavian in #10814
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026070901 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10820
Update ingress-nginx to chart 4.15.105 / image v1.15.1-prime8 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10831
Update Cilium chart to 1.19.601 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10830
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026071700 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10833
Update to coredns chart 1.46.1 and metrics-server chart 3.13.1 by @mgfritch in #10823
Fix updatecli stripping shell env vars in build-images (regression from aa493ae) by @mgfritch in #10845
Update Multus chart to v4.3.006 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10835
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.704 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10834
updatecli: Strip trailing newline from vsphere-csi replacepattern by @mgfritch in #10851
Bump Traefik to v3.7.8 by @manuelbuil in #10828
Update ingress-nginx to chart 4.15.106 / image v1.15.1-prime8 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10866
Fix tabbing and replacement conflicts with vsphere updatCLI config by @dereknola in #10867
[master] Bump k3s again for 2026-07 by @brandond in #10841
test: add new nightly tests for CNIs by @thomasferrandiz in #10681
Fix yq env var syntax in updatecli retrieve_chart_version.sh by @mgfritch in #10888
Fix yq env var syntax in update_chart_and_images_prime.sh by @mgfritch in #10889
updatecli: fix broken vsphere csi/cpi chart automation by @mgfritch in #10899
updatecli: use merge.strategy manual by @mgfritch in #10900
Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm for --force-conflicts support by @brandond in #10890
Update Multus chart to v4.3.008 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10887
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026072200 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10885
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.800 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10886
Bump hardened images to build20260722 for grpc CVE (GHSA-hrxh-6v49-42gf) by @cwayne18 in #10882
updatecli: gate vsphere PRs on the chart version needing an update by @mgfritch in #10907
Update vsphere-csi chart by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #10912
updatecli: Extract (primeRepository, primeTag) pairs for images by @mgfritch in #10913
[master] Update to v1.36.3-rke2r1 and Go 1.26.5 by @rafaelbreno in #10919
validate-charts: validate vsphere prime (hardened) images by @mgfritch in #10914
Bump etcd to v3.6.14-k3s1-build20260723 by @cwayne18 in #10920
[master] Fix package-windows-images platform matching by @rafaelbreno in #10942
Add cluster load balancer e2e test to nightly CNI workflow by @thomasferrandiz in #10937
Bump hardened-crictl to v1.36.0-build20260727 by @cwayne18 in #10954
Bump helm-controller and klipper-helm by @brandond in #10957
Bump containerd to v2.3.3-k3s1 by @brandond in #10962
[v1.37] Add rke2-security-responder chart by @manuelbuil in #10935
Bump ingress-nginx chart and version by @vitorsavian in #10971
Bump vSphere CSI chart to 3.7.2-rancher500 and hardened-csi-provisioner to v4.0.1-build20260730 by @cwayne18 in #10975
Update rancher-vsphere-csi to 3.7.2-rancher600 and align hardened CSI images by @cwayne18 in #10983
Add nightly kube-vip cluster load balancer E2E test by @thomasferrandiz in #10982
[master] Update stable channel to v1.35.7+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #10996
Bump rke2-traefik to 41.1.101 by @thomasferrandiz in #11002
chore: bump rke2-canal, rke2-flannel, rke2-calico charts by @thomasferrandiz in #11012
Add warning about RKE_INGRESS_CONTROLLER deprecation by @dereknola in #11007
Bump rke2-metrics-server to 3.13.106 by @thomasferrandiz in #11020
nightly-cni: test against master build instead of latest release by @thomasferrandiz in #11000
Bump systemd-node and use same opensuse/leap base for test target by @brandond in #10785
Fix windows airgap by refactoring rke2-runtime image build+bundle pipeline by @brandond in #11028
Bump the action-deps group across 1 directory with 8 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #11030
charts: Bump Harvester CSI driver 0.1.31 by @WebberHuang1118 in #11034
Add updatecli policy for hardened runtime images by @cwayne18 in #11053
[master] Bump HCP 0.2.15 by @w13915984028 in #11041
Update hardened runtime images in Dockerfile by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11054
Update ingress-nginx to chart 4.15.107 / image v1.15.1-prime10 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11052
Add a updatecli config for coredns and its 3 images by @dereknola in #11060
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026081400 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11050
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.904 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11051
Bump containerd to v2.3.4-k3s1.36 by @vitorsavian in #11061
Update CoreDNS, Traefik by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11064
Bump etcd to v3.6.14-k3s1-build20260814 by @vitorsavian in #11074
updatecli: add manifest to automate metrics-server chart bumps by @mgfritch in #11080
Update Flannel chart to v0.28.906 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11069
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026081900 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11068
Update hardened runtime images in Dockerfile by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11079
Update Kubernetes Metrics Server chart 3.14.000 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11082
Update CoreDNS chart to 1.47.003 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11083
Bump hardened-snapshot-controller by @dereknola in #11084
Update ingress-nginx and traefik by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11086
ci: extract reusable build-e2e-artifacts workflow by @thomasferrandiz in #11078
Bump klipper-helm to v0.13.3-build20260820 by @cwayne18 in #11088
updatecli: create-github-app-token v3.2.0 uses 'client-id' by @mgfritch in #11093
Update containerd regex to accept -k3s1.XX tags by @dereknola in #11101
[master] Bump K3s and CCM for 2026-08 release cycle by @brandond in #11067
chore: bump etcd to v3.6.14-k3s1-build20260819 by @vitorsavian in #11110
[master] Update to v1.36.4-rke2r1 and Go 1.26.5 by @rafaelbreno in #11107
Remove leftover nft tables and blackhole route from canal by @manuelbuil in #10956
[master] Fix 'no such image' in Release CI by @rafaelbreno in #11114
Update Canal chart to v3.32.1-build2026082700 by @eio-github-actions-power-enhancer[bot] in #11131
[master] changes for windows 2025 server e2e testing by @vardhaman22 in #11127
[master] Update stable to v1.36.4+rke2r1 by @rafaelbreno in #11139
Add GatewayAPI CRD chart by @manuelbuil in #11136
Bump rke2-security-responder to v0.1.5 by @manuelbuil in #11142
Bundle rke2-multus-crd chart and bump multus to v4.3.010 by @mgfritch in #10998
Bump k8s to v1.37.0, etcd to v3.7.1, vpshere charts by @dereknola in #11147
[Release-1.37] Remove standalone ingress-nginx controller option by @dereknola in #11156

New Contributors

@luojiyin1987 made their first contribution in #9509
@ngharo made their first contribution in #9404
@adonskoy made their first contribution in #9664
@e-minguez made their first contribution in #9693
@bashilias made their first contribution in #9977
@dirkmueller made their first contribution in #10405
@vardhaman22 made their first contribution in #10505
@immanuwell made their first contribution in #10496

Full Changelog: v1.35.0+rke2r1...v1.37.0-rc1+rke2r1