Release v0.16.0 · kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator

What's Changed

Adding fetchConfig to InfrastructureProvider template in helmchart by @ts-mini in #650
Add OCI source for provider ConfigMap preparation by @Danil-Grigorev in #683

Fix dependency version for make update-helm-plugin-repo by @Danil-Grigorev in #663
Remove metricsBindAddr from helmchart by @Arakos in #665
Avoid empty manager field in ControlPlaneProvider when no features gates provided by @afarbos in #681
Fix helm chart e2e tests: MatchYAML to Equal by @rgeraskin in #692
Perform full chart install in e2e test by @Danil-Grigorev in #668
Downgrade kustomize version to v5.3.0 by @furkatgofurov7 in #698
Bump gcb-docker-gcloud image tag in cloudbuild by @furkatgofurov7 in #700

Update helm chart index.yaml to v0.15.0 by @Danil-Grigorev in #662
Implement healthz and readyz checks in the deployment by @Danil-Grigorev in #666
Update helm chart index.yaml to v0.15.1 by @furkatgofurov7 in #673
Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.22.0 to 2.22.2 in /test by @dependabot in #674
Bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.28.0 to 0.29.0 in /test by @dependabot in #682
Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.9.0 to 1.9.4 by @dependabot in #689
Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.27.0 to 0.33.0 in /hack/tools by @dependabot in #684
Bump github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 from 5.11.0 to 5.13.0 in /hack/tools by @dependabot in #685
Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.36.1 to 1.36.2 in the ginkgo group by @dependabot in #679
Make annotation and component constants public and exportable by @dmvolod in #687
Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.8.5 to 1.9.4 by @dependabot in #691
Align kustomize layover structure with v5 version by @furkatgofurov7 in #694
Bump Go version to 1.23.0 by @furkatgofurov7 in #695
Use go version without the patch number in go.mod files by @furkatgofurov7 in #696

Document OCI source usage, publish and preload subcommands by @Danil-Grigorev in #690
Simplifying ConfigMap with metadata configuration by @dmvolod in #697

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.16.0