Release notes for cert-manager v1.18.0-alpha.0

[wallrj]

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I generated the release notes with the following script, derived from the release-process instructions:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -o errexit
set -o nounset
set -o pipefail
set -o xtrace

export RELEASE_VERSION=v1.18.0-alpha.0
export START_TAG=v1.17.0
export END_REV=master
export BRANCH=master

git fetch origin $BRANCH
export START_SHA="$(git rev-list --reverse --ancestry-path $(git merge-base $START_TAG $BRANCH)..$BRANCH | head -1)"
release-notes --debug --repo-path cert-manager \
              --org cert-manager --repo cert-manager \
              --required-author "cert-manager-prow[bot]" \
              --markdown-links=true \
              --dependencies=false \
              --org cert-manager \
              --repo cert-manager \
              --format markdown \
              --output github-release-description.md

sed < github-release-description.md > website-release-description.md \
          -E \
          -e 's/dependabot\[bot\]/DEPENDABOT_PLACEHOLDER/g' \
          -e 's/\[([^]]+)\]/[`\1`]/g' \
          -e 's/DEPENDABOT_PLACEHOLDER/depandabot[bot]/g'

See https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CDEQJ0Q8M/p1747141421986759

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the release notes for cert-manager v1.18.0-alpha.0. The changes include new feature announcements, dependency and bug fixes addressing several CVEs, and documentation improvements.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (3)

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:91

• Remove the TODO placeholder in the Feature section since actual feature details have been added.

-TODO

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:106

• Remove the TODO placeholder in the Documentation section after providing the fix for comments.

-TODO

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:124

• Remove the TODO placeholder in the Other (Cleanup or Flake) section after adding the GA promotion for the feature.

-TODO

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[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the release notes for cert-manager v1.18.0-alpha.0 by including newly generated content from the release note generation script.

• Adds multiple feature, documentation, bug/regression, and cleanup changes with corresponding PR references.
• Updates release notes sections with detailed change descriptions for upcoming cert-manager releases.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (4)

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:91

• Remove the TODO placeholder from the 'Feature' section if it is no longer needed to avoid confusion.

    -TODO

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:106

• Remove the TODO placeholder from the 'Documentation' section if it is no longer needed.

    -TODO

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:110

• Remove the TODO placeholder from the 'Bug or Regression' section to clean up the release notes.

    -TODO

content/docs/releases/release-notes/release-notes-1.18.md:124

• Remove the TODO placeholder from the 'Other (Cleanup or Flake)' section if it is no longer needed.

    -TODO

[inteon]

/approve
/lgtm

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