v1.18.0

Additions

• Add bundle size validator check for the command operator-sdk bundle validate check if the bundle is not bigger than ~4MB and warning the authors if the bundle size is closer to this amount. More info. (#5552)
• Add warning check for properties defined in the CSV for the command operator-sdk bundle validate warning when found properties annotations in the CSV recommending define these properties in metadata/properties.yaml instead. More info. (#5552)
• Add support to check for the manifests using the APIs which will be removed in 1.25 and 1.26 Kubernetes versions in the bundle manifests via the commands operator-sdk bundle validate ./bundle --select-optional name=alpha-deprecated-apis and consequently to operator-sdk bundle validate ./bundle --select-optional suite=operatorframework. Note that is unlike these APIs be present on the bundle. More info. (#5552)
• Adds support to bundle operators using image digests instead of tags. (#5567)

Changes

• (java/v1alpha) bumping the java-operator-plugins dependency to v0.2.0.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in generate kustomze manifest that quotes from interactive input were not trimmed properly. (#5545)
• Add requirement cloud.common for Ansible-based operators. (#5505)