Merge Requests integrated in this release

32 merge requests were integrated in this repo between 1.5.3 and 1.5.4.
These notes don't account for the MRs merged in secondary repos.

Sylva-units framework

[backport-1.5] sylva-units: allow templating helm_chart_versions !7316 (issues: #3606)
[backport 1.5] fall back to --contains when --points-at fails to detect branch !7589 ~"backport" ~"type::bug"

[backport 1.5] Multus: prevent secondary interface loss on node boot/reboot and pod restart !7737 ~"type::bug"

[Backport 1.5] Fix server-side apply conflict on .data.secrets by adding --force-conflicts !7719

[backport-1.5] Revert "use management cluster proxy for mgmt-run kube-jobs" !7217
[backport 1.5] Upgrade runner-aas to 1.4.0 and remove Equinix references !7228
[backport-1.5] Prevent password leaking in Vault resource !7332 (issues: #3816)
[backport-1.5] Fix vault sso secret !7359
[release-1.5] Allow changing snmp exporter scrape timeout/interval !7416
[Backport 1.5] - Change CI values patching order !7423 ~"backport"
[backport-1.5] change SYLVA_CORE_BRANCH definition to prevent use of wrong/other users branches !7456
[backport-1.5] Add system-node-critical priority class to Whereabouts IPAM pods !7490 (issues: #3869)
[backport-1.5] Prevent Secret data leakage in CI logs by using server-side apply !7637 (issues: #3918)
[release-1.5] Revert "Prevent Secret data leakage in CI logs by using server-side apply" !7654
[backport-1.5] Ease default minio pools configuration !7745 (issues: #3899)
[backport-1.5] Fix minio serverCount computation !7899
[backport-1.5] Separate sylva-toolbox caches based on the current branch / MR / target branch !7932

[backport 1.5] Runner aas on GCP !7388
Update Sylva-elements !6447 ~"area:observability" ~"capo" ~"monitoring" ~"renovate"
Reschedule release-1.5 pipelines !7433
[backport 1.5] Fix persistent runner cleaning and job references !7447 ~"backport"
[backport 1.5] Avoid launching useless jobs on deployment runners !7451
Use specific infra CAPO CI values !7469 ~"capo"
[backport-1.5] CI: Make enabled/disabled units take precedence over any other configuration !7705 ~"backport"
[backport-1.5]: Set per unit-timeout and increase global timeout in order to avoid transient failures during check status of sylva test units !7753 (issues: #3084)
[backport-1.5]: normalise the version by removing '/' prefix in check_downgrade_versions script !7910 ~"backport"

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