NOTE

The operator container image was deleted as it had bug. Please use 23.1.6

Features

• Remove ghost Redpanda Node IDs by @joejulian in #9548
• Validation for mounted Redpanda data dir in init container by @joejulian in #9548

Bug Fixes

• Always reconcile Node IDs in Pod annotation by @joejulian in #9548
• Remove maintenance mode when the broker comes back up during rolling upgrade by @joejulian in #9548
• #9513 Fixed a bug that would result in read replicas reporting a high watermark that was too high. by @andrwng in #9770
• fixed a bug in rpk cluster storage recovery which rendered the status command unusable. by @r-vasquez in #9801

Improvements

• Bump cert-manager dependency version by @joejulian in #9548
• The shutdown sequence for partitions that use tiered storage is now faster in clusters with heavy read traffic that hydrates readers from object storage. by @andrwng in #9758

Full Changelog: v23.1.4...v23.1.5