operator: cut release v25.1.1-beta2

While this commit is cutting v25.1.1-beta2 of the operator, it contains a
couple release QoL improvements as well:

- Updated changie to automatically bump references to the operator's version (Chart.yaml, redpanda values, golden files)
- Updated changie config so releases are linked to their github release (Will 404 until we cut the tags and mint the release)
- Removed invalid changie fragments and cleaned up the formatting of some
- Remove the helm tests from the operator to avoid hold ups in releases of the chart. Our acceptance tests are good enough.

Author: chrisseto

.changes/operator/v25.1.1-beta2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+## [v25.1.1-beta2](https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-operator/releases/tag/operator%2Fv25.1.1-beta2) - 2025-04-24
+### Added
+* Added scheduled sync of ghost broker decommissioner to ensure it's running, even if no watches trigger the reconciler.
+### Changed
+* [Chart] Moved all template rendering into `entry-point.yaml` to match the redpanda and console charts.
+* `values.schema.json` is now "closed" (`additionalProperties: false`)
+
+  Any unexpected values will result in a validation error,previously they would
+  have been ignored.
+* The redpanda operator's helm chart has been merged into the operator itself.
+
+  Going forward the chart's `version` and `appVersion` will always be equal.
+* `rbac.createRPKBundleCRs` now defaults to `true`.
+### Removed
+* Removed bundled FluxCD controllers, bundled FluxCD CRDs, and support for delegating control to FluxCD.
+
+  Previously reconciled FluxCD resources (`HelmRepository`, `HelmRelease`)
+  will **NOT** be garbage collected upon upgrading. If the operator is
+  coexisting with a FluxCD installation, please take care to manually remove
+  the left over resources.
+
+  `chartRef.useFlux: true` and `chartRef.chartVersion` are no longer
+  supported. The controller will log errors and abort reconcilation until the
+  fields are unset. Ensure that both have been removed from all `Redpanda`
+  resources before upgrading.
+
+  All other `chartRef` fields are deprecated and are no longer referenced.
+
+  `helmRelease`, `helmReleaseReady`, `helmRepository`, `helmRepositoryReady`,
+  and `upgradeFailures` are no longer set on `RedpandaStatus`, similar to their
+  behavior when `useFlux: false` was set.
+* `gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy` container is deprecated and has been removed from the Redpanda
+operator helm chart. The same ports will continue to serve metrics using kubebuilder's built in RBAC.
+
+  Any existing prometheus rules don't need to be adjusted.
+
+  For more details see: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/discussions/3907
+
+* The V1 operator now requires a minimum Redpanda version of 23.2; all feature-gated behaviour that supported older versions is now enabled unconditionally.
+* The [`kube-prometheus-stack`](https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts) subchart has been removed.
+
+  This integration was not being up kept and most use cases will be better served by deploying this chart themselves.
+### Fixed
+* Certificate reloading for webhook and metrics endpoints should now behave correctly.
+* The operator will restart the redpanda cluster on any change to the cluster configuration
+* Expanded the set of rules in both Roles and ClusterRoles to be appropriately in sync with the redpanda helm chart.
+* DeprecatedFullNameOverride was interpreted differently between rendering resources and creating 
+  kafka, admin and schema registry client. Now deprecated fullNameOverride will be used only
+  if correct FullNameOverride is not provided and handled the same way for both
+  client creation and render function.

.changes/unreleased/operator-Changed-20250127-135909.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project: charts/operator
+project: operator
 kind: Changed
 body: |-
     `values.schema.json` is now "closed" (`additionalProperties: false`)

.changes/unreleased/operator-Changed-20250207-155651.yaml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ kind: Removed
 body: |
     `gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy` container is deprecated and has been removed from the Redpanda
     operator helm chart. The same ports will continue to serve metrics using kubebuilder's built in RBAC.
-    
-    Any existing prometheus rules don't need to be adjusted.
-    
-    For more details see: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/discussions/3907
+
+      Any existing prometheus rules don't need to be adjusted.
+
+      For more details see: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/discussions/3907
 time: 2025-02-26T18:20:37.658528+01:00

…ts-operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml …ed/operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml.changes/unreleased/charts-operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml renamed to .changes/unreleased/operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml .changes/unreleased/charts-operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml renamed to .changes/unreleased/operator-Changed-20250321-123010.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project: charts/operator
+project: operator
 kind: Removed
 body: |-
     The [`kube-prometheus-stack`](https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts) subchart has been removed.

.changes/unreleased/operator-Fixed-20250129-173110.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ unreleasedDir: unreleased
 headerPath: header.tpl.md
 changelogPath: CHANGELOG.md
 versionExt: md
-versionFormat: '## {{.Version}} - {{.Time.Format "2006-01-02"}}'
+# NB: Changie's BatchData doesn't have a .Project (our git tag) so we have to rip it out of .Changes.
+# Sprig has no urlencoding library but the only unsafe character we have to worry about is /, so replace works fine here.
+versionFormat: '## [{{.Version}}](https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-operator/releases/tag/{{(index .Changes 0).Project | replace "/" "%2F"}}%2F{{.Version}}) - {{.Time.Format "2006-01-02"}}'
 kindFormat: '### {{.Kind}}'
 changeFormat: '* {{.Body}}'
 body:
@@ -37,6 +39,42 @@ projects:
 - label: Redpanda Operator
   key: operator
   changelog: operator/CHANGELOG.md
+  replacements:
+    # Update operator's Chart.yaml
+    - path: operator/chart/Chart.yaml
+      find: '^version: .*$'
+      replace: 'version: {{.Version}}'
+    - path: operator/chart/Chart.yaml
+      find: '^appVersion: .*$'
+      replace: 'appVersion: {{.Version}}'
+    - path: operator/chart/Chart.yaml
+      find: '/redpanda-operator:.*$'
+      replace: '/redpanda-operator:{{.Version}}'
+    # Update golden files of the operator chart itself.
+    - path: operator/chart/testdata/*.golden.txtar
+      find: '/chart: operator-v.*$'
+      replace: '/chart: operator-{{.Version}}'
+    - path: operator/chart/testdata/*.golden.txtar
+      find: '/version: v.*$'
+      replace: '/version: {{.Version}}'
+    # Update references to the operator image in redpanda's values.yaml
+    # The whitespace ensures we update both values without touching the redpanda tag.
+    # It's fragile but all values are checked via unittests.
+    - path: charts/redpanda/values.yaml
+      find: '^      tag: .*$'
+      replace: '      tag: {{.Version}}'
+    - path: charts/redpanda/values.yaml
+      find: '^        tag: .*$'
+      replace: '        tag: {{.Version}}'
+    # Update golden files across the entire repo.
+    # Changie uses go's filepath.Match which doesn't support ** globbing so
+    # there's some repetition here.
+    - path: 'charts/redpanda/testdata/*.golden.txtar'
+      find: 'image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda-operator:v.*$'
+      replace: 'image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda-operator:{{.Version}}'
+    - path: 'operator/internal/lifecycle/testdata/*.golden.txtar'
+      find: 'image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda-operator:v.*$'
+      replace: 'image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda-operator:{{.Version}}'
 - label: Redpanda Helm Chart
   key: charts/redpanda
   changelog: charts/redpanda/CHANGELOG.md

.changes/unreleased/operator-Fixed-20250207-160109.yaml

@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ Number of Redpanda brokers (Redpanda Data recommends setting this to the number
 
 ### [statefulset.sideCars.image.tag](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/redpanda-data/redpanda?modal=values&path=statefulset.sideCars.image.tag)
 
-**Default:** `"v25.1.1-beta1"`
+**Default:** `"v25.1.1-beta2"`
 
 ### [statefulset.sideCars.pvcUnbinder.enabled](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/redpanda-data/redpanda?modal=values&path=statefulset.sideCars.pvcUnbinder.enabled)