v1.7.1

What's Changed

• [deps] ci: Update Mariner to 3.0 by @jpayne3506 in #3606
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3731
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-container-networking from 1.6.22 to 1.7.0 in /azure-ipam by @dependabot[bot] in #3735
• fix: let Windows CNS use the InClusterConfig by @rbtr in #3248
• feat: add metric for NNC init failures by @rbtr in #3453
• chore: remove legacy kube-init and default to CNI state by @rbtr in #3383
• feat: cns logger v2 [2/2] by @rbtr in #3438
• feat: add azure ip masq merger by @QxBytes in #3737
• fix: [NPM] Update Ubuntu Base Image to 24.04 by @rayaisaiah in #3741
• [Service Tags] ci: Update ACN to use Virtual Tags by @k-routhu in #3745
• ci: add azure ip masq merger to pipeline by @QxBytes in #3739
• deps: bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.64.0 to 0.65.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3752
• chore(deps): bump the go_modules group across 2 directories with 1 update by @dependabot[bot] in #3742
• ci: exclude azure-ip-masq-merger tags when describing acn version by @QxBytes in #3755
• Add HomeAZ to NodeInfoStatus by @timraymond in #3738
• Fix stale workflow to never close issues and ignore dependabot PRs by @Copilot in #3717
• ci: set default K8S_VER to 1.33 for v1.7 release train by @jpayne3506 in #3757
• ci: add azure ipam and azure ip masq merger uts to pipeline by @QxBytes in #3756
• Move HomeAZ to NodeInfo Spec by @timraymond in #3762
• deps: bump sigs.k8s.io/yaml from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3760
• deps: bump the go_modules group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3764
• deps: bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0 in /build/tools in the go_modules group by @dependabot[bot] in #3765
• ci: azure-ipam patch upgrade testing by @camrynl in #3678
• [Forwardport] [NPM] [CVE] Resolve CVE-2025-6020 by @rayaisaiah in #3766
• feat: refactor cni telemetry by @QxBytes in #3149
• ci: Remove File Copy and Add Image Build Stage to Regular Build by @sheylatrudo in #3769
• fix: update network error msg to match kubelet expectations by @isaac-dasan in #3768
• fix: update error message for MTPNC not found and not ready in CNS by @isaac-dasan in #3776
• fix: combine repeated az aks create fields by @jpayne3506 in #3780
• ci: only check for code coverage at merge, not release by @jpayne3506 in #3791
• perf: dhcp err msg in network swiftv2 code path by @isaac-dasan in #3793
• Update Dependabot version constraints for Kubernetes dependencies compatibility by @Copilot in #3727
• ci: cleanup Cilium cli and connectivity test usage by @jpayne3506 in #3772
• ci: Future proof golangci-lint workflow by using dynamic base branch by @Copilot in #3805
• Use Separate Version for Build vs. Source by @sheylatrudo in #3751
• ci: remove bash usage from cilium validation by @jpayne3506 in #3826
• ci: add Dependencies to README by @jpayne3506 in #3827
• [Forwardport] [NPM] fix: Update Iptables to Legacy (#3782) by @rayaisaiah in #3842
• feat: create new telemetry handle that supports connection strings by @BeegiiK in #3729
• deps: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.39.0 to 0.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3797
• deps: bump github.com/AlekSi/gocov-xml from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 in /build/tools by @dependabot[bot] in #3823
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.24.0 to 0.27.0 in /tools/azure-npm-to-cilium-validator in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #3844
• ci: Unblocking ADO build pipeline by @apontejaj in #3860
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore from 1.18.0 to 1.18.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3795
• deps: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.41.0 to 0.42.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3798
• deps: bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #3864
• deps: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.73.0 to 1.74.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3853
• ci: build cns in release test pipeline by @camrynl in #3869
• feat: add azure iptables monitor binary and makefile changes by @QxBytes in #3779
• Update base dockerfile images by @pjohnst5 in #3876
• ci: remove windows2019 from release test pipeline by @camrynl in #3870
• chore: add label and remove reviewers by @jpayne3506 in #3828
• deps: bump sigs.k8s.io/yaml from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3863
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore from 1.18.1 to 1.18.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3882
• ci: Future proof GitHub merge queue branch trigger for release/* branches by @Copilot in #3807
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.21.0 to 0.27.0 in /azure-iptables-monitor in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #3872
• deps: bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.22.0 to 1.23.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3883
• ci: add azure iptables monitor pipeline by @QxBytes in #3781
• chore: dependency update by @rbtr in #3890
• chore: Clean up release/v1.4 references in master due to EOL by @jpayne3506 in #3884
• chore: Remove NPM Windows 2022 Tests from the NPM Conformance Tests by @rayaisaiah in #3888
• ci: Enable L7 proxy for cilium nightly pipeline by @Copilot in #3868
• feat: add cns iptables reconciliation by @QxBytes in #3885
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity from 1.10.1 to 1.11.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3894
• deps: bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.36.5 to 1.36.7 in /build/tools by @dependabot[bot] in #3895
• feat: Remove symbols from all binaries by @jpayne3506 in #3822
• MTPNC CRD changes for NUMA-Aware Infiniband pods by @pjohnst5 in #3878
• ci: remove stage level pool field, isCustom, from e2e job templates by @jpayne3506 in #3898

New Contributors

• @BeegiiK made their first contribution in #3729

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1