v25.4.0-beta.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
• fix: if chart version already exists then won't fail on chart-push by @maze88 in #1310
• ci: PR checker interval by @rollandf in #1308
• chore: Bump DOCA Driver to 25.01-0.5.4.0-0 by @e0ne in #1311
• bug: fix make ocp-bundle ci on push by @heyvister1 in #1316
• fix: add sleep to prevent failure to lookup latest downstream job run URL by @maze88 in #1319
• bug: fix admission_controller template while not using cert-manager by @heyvister1 in #1318
• chore: create SECURITY.md by @almaslennikov in #1324
• chore: Bump DOCA Driver image to 25.01-0.5.6.0-0 by @e0ne in #1320
• chore: bump golang from 8c10f21 to 9271129 by @dependabot in #1326
• chore: upgrade nic-configuration-operator to v0.1.17 by @almaslennikov in #1329
• chore: update DOCA driver version by @rollandf in #1330
• bug: replace MOFED to DOCA on API docs by @rollandf in #1332
• chore: upgrade ipoib-cni to v1.2.1 by @almaslennikov in #1335
• chore: bump github.com/containers/image/v5 from 5.33.1 to 5.34.0 by @dependabot in #1328
• chore: update recommended fw config map to match doca 25.01 driver by @almaslennikov in #1338
• chore: bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.19.5 to 0.19.6 by @dependabot in #1341
• ci: update version from release branch by @rollandf in #1345
• chore: bump the kubernetes group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #1340
• doc: add full NCP example for OCP by @rollandf in #1347
• chore: update DOCA driver to 25.04-0.0.6.0-0 by @rollandf in #1357
• chore: bump golang from 1.23 to 1.24 by @dependabot in #1337
• chore: update nvipam to v0.3.5 by @rollandf in #1358
• chore: bump golang from 2b1cbf2 to 3f74443 by @dependabot in #1359
• chore: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.36.0 by @dependabot in #1374
• chore: bump github.com/containers/image/v5 from 5.34.0 to 5.34.2 by @dependabot in #1370
• chore: bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.19.6 to 0.19.7 by @dependabot in #1372
• chore: bump golang from 3f74443 to c5adecd by @dependabot in #1362
• chore: bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.22.2 to 2.23.0 by @dependabot in #1371
• chore: bump golang from c5adecd to 8678013 by @dependabot in #1375
• chore: bump golang from 8678013 to fa145a3 by @dependabot in #1377
• feat: add NIC Configuration Operator as a NCP state by @almaslennikov in #1373
• chore: bump golang from fa145a3 to 4dda7a0 by @dependabot in #1380
• chore: bump golang from 4dda7a0 to 52ff1b3 by @dependabot in #1384
• chore: bump the kubernetes group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #1381
• chore: deprecate NIC Configuration Operator helm chart + update README by @almaslennikov in #1385
• chore: update doca driver to 25.04-0.2.3.0 by @rollandf in #1378
• chore: Bump CNI plugins to v1.6.2 by @e0ne in #1383
• bug: Cleanup labels by @alekseysen in #1376
• fix: allow pr_checker job to override branch protection rules by @almaslennikov in #1387
• chore: update NVIPAM to v0.3.6 by @rollandf in #1386
• cicd: update Network Operator to v25.4.0-beta.1 in chart values by @nvidia-ci-cd in #1389
• cicd: update SR-IOV images tags to network-operator-25.4.0-beta.1 in chart values by @nvidia-ci-cd in #1390

Full Changelog: v25.1.0-beta.3...v25.4.0-beta.1