🚀 Release v1.11.1

Signed-off-by: chandankumar4 <[email protected]>

Author: chandankumar4

CHANGELOG/v1.11.1.md

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+## 👌 Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.30.x -> v1.34.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.28.x -> v1.34.x
+
+[More information about version support can be found here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/versions.html)
+
+## Changes since v1.11.0
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 22 new commits merged
+- 3 feature additions ✨
+- 8 bugs fixed 🐛
+
+## :sparkles: New Features
+- CI: Bump autoscaler to a9cb59fdd (#12707)
+- CI: Bump Kubernetes in tests to v1.34.0 and claim support for v1.34 (#12705)
+- e2e: Bump Kubernetes version used for testing to v1.34.0-rc.2 (#12659)
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- API: Only try to convert infraRefs if they are set (#12693)
+- API: Register conversion funcs in schemes (#12697)
+- CABPK: Always use latest apiVersion when getting owner of KubeadmConfig in CABPK (#12689)
+- ClusterClass: Ensure holder field path in GeneratePatchRequest is set based on contract (#12691)
+- ClusterClass: Fix field paths in ClusterClass compatibility validation errors (#12670)
+- ClusterClass: Stop adding conversion-data annotation to Cluster object (#12721)
+- e2e/CAPD: Remove finalizers during deletion if ownerRef was never set (#12678)
+- Testing: Fix KubeadmConfig fuzz test flake (#12682)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- clusterctl: Allow metadata.yaml's Kind to be empty (#12715)
+- Dependency: Bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 to fix CVE (#12680)
+- Dependency: Bump to envtest v1.34.0 (#12706)
+- e2e: Bump to kind v0.30.0 (#12708)
+- e2e: Get kind mgmt cluster logs in clusterctl upgrade test (#12688)
+- Misc: Log version and git commit on controller start (#12696)
+- Release/clusterctl: Add CAPRKE2 to release tool’s issue-opening providers list (#12717)
+
+:book: Additionally, there have been 4 contributions to our documentation and book. (#12667, #12668, #12671, #12674) 
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2: [v2.3.0 → v2.4.0](https://github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/compare/v2.3.0...v2.4.0)
+
+### Removed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊