v25.1.0-rc.1

What's Changed

• bug: support container image SHA256 version by @rollandf in #1248
• bug: use SHA256 in alm-example by @rollandf in #1249
• chore: bump the kubernetes group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #1284
• fix: refactor docs-ci downstream trigger to operate via workflow_dispatch only by @maze88 in #1258
• chore: update SRIOV Device Plugin version by @rollandf in #1290
• chore: bump golang from 51a6466 to 8c10f21 by @dependabot in #1289
• chore: bump github.com/google/go-containerregistry from 0.20.2 to 0.20.3 by @dependabot in #1286
• chore: bump github.com/containers/image/v5 from 5.33.0 to 5.33.1 by @dependabot in #1285
• fix: refactor docs-ci trigger by @maze88 in #1294
• task: update bundle to v25.1.0-beta.3 by @nvidia-ci-cd in #1283
• chore: update NFD to v0.17 by @rollandf in #1288
• chore: add DOCA driver matrix validation by @rollandf in #1251
• chore: remove check doca validation by @rollandf in #1296
• chore: bump coverallsapp/github-action from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 by @dependabot in #1300
• chore: update Maintenance operator to 0.2.0 by @rollandf in #1299
• chore: bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.19.4 to 0.19.5 by @dependabot in #1301
• bug: fix helm maintenance operator image by @rollandf in #1302
• chore: CI create release branch if not exists by @rollandf in #1303
• chore: update doca drivers 25.01-0.5.3.0 by @rollandf in #1304
• bug: fixing ib-kubernetes execution path in v1.1.0 by @heyvister1 in #1305
• cicd: update Network Operator to v25.1.0-rc.1 in chart values by @nvidia-ci-cd in #1307
• chore: update sriov-no version to rc1 by @rollandf in #1309
• bug: fix bundle on push by @heyvister1 in #1312
• chore: Bump DOCA Driver to 25.01-0.5.4.0-0 by @e0ne in #1313
• fix: if chart version already exists then won't fail on chart-push by @rollandf in #1314
• ci: PR checker interval by @rollandf in #1315

Full Changelog: v25.1.0-beta.3...v25.1.0-rc.1