Release v0.18.0 · kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime

⚠️ Breaking Changes

cache: Add TransformStripManagedFields transform func (#2791)
client: Add client.WithFieldOwner to configure client-wide FieldManager (#2771 #2777)
controller: Add NewQueue option (#2767)
manager: Export HTTP server runnable implementation (#2473)
metrics/server: Add ListenConfig option (#2519)

builder/webhook: Return error if For() is used multiple times (#2740)
cache: Keep selectors when byObject.Namespaces is defaulted (#2747)
cache: Prevent race when informers are started more than once (#2758)
fake client: Allow fakeclient to patch CR with no resourceVersion (#2725)
fake client: Do not consider an apply patch to be a strategic merge patch (#2679)
manager: Prevent leader election when shutting down a non-elected manager (#2724)
manager: Runnable group should check if stopped before enqueueing (#2757)
restmapper: Clean restmapper cache if a version is notFound (#2663)
restmapper: Fix cache invalidation (#2687)

ci: Add OSSF scorecard action (#2714)
ci: Improve github actions dependencies versions and permissions (#2715)
ci: Pin checkout action in golangci-lint action, bump checkout action, use consistent tag format (#2729)
ci: Update golangci-lint to v1.57.2 (#2708 #2751)
ci: Update scorecard github action (#2728)
ci: Use go-install for versioned dependencies (#2710)
envtest: WaitForDefaultNamespace while starting up envtest (#2668)
owners: Cleanup owners files (#2730)
owners: Remove outdated testing framework approvers (#2709)
predicate: Compare labels and annotations using maps.Equal (#2705)
typos: Fix typo of CacheReader comment (#2773)
typos: Fix typo in channel option (#2792)
typos: Minor typo fixes in docstrings (#2727)

📖 Additionally, there have been 3 contributions to our documentation and book. (#2712, #2770, #2789)

Thanks to all our contributors! 😊