CAPZ v1.17.4

Author: nawazkh

CHANGELOG/v1.17.4.md

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+## Changes by Kind
+
+### Bugs or Regression
+
+- Fixes a possible nil pointer deference when returning the name of the API Server LoadBalancer. In some cases like externally managed infrastructure, there might not be an API Server LoadBalancer in the AzureCluster CR ([#5458](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/pull/5458), [@nawazkh](https://github.com/nawazkh))
+
+- Improves state update handling when running long operations on VMSS ([#5327](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/pull/5327), [@k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot](https://github.com/k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot))
+
+### Other (Cleanup or Flake)
+
+- Bump CAPI to v1.8.10 ([#5437](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/pull/5437), [@mboersma](https://github.com/mboersma))
+- Update CAPZ rel-1.7 with CAPI-1.8.8 ([#5376](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/pull/5376), [@nawazkh](https://github.com/nawazkh))
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.23 → v1.0.25](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.23...v1.0.25)
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.27.0 → v0.31.0
+- golang.org/x/net: v0.28.0 → v0.33.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.8.0 → v0.10.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.25.0 → v0.28.0
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.24.0 → v0.27.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.18.0 → v0.21.0
+- sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test: v1.8.5 → v1.8.10
+- sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api: v1.8.5 → v1.8.10
+- sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.18.5 → v0.18.7
+
+### Removed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+## Details
+<!-- markdown-link-check-disable-next-line -->
+https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/compare/v1.17.3...v1.17.4