operator: Cut v2.3.12-24.3.17 release

Author: RafalKorepta

.changes/operator/v2.3.12-24.3.17.md

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+## v2.3.12-24.3.17 - 2025-07-08
+### Changed
+* The operator will try stripping off a layer of quotation from configuration values when interpreting numeric and boolean values. These may be accidentally introduced upstream of the CR, but where the intent is obvious we don't need to be strict about it.
+### Fixed
+* Added the missing `https` port to the operator Pod that was referenced by the [`ServiceMonitor`](https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-operator/blob/4e34c5ea79b00fa0caeda64955e3291666194274/operator/chart/servicemonitor.go#L42)
+* Empty Redpanda specs (i.e. `clusterSpec: null` or otherwise unspecified) no longer causes the operator to panic
+* `get` permissions on `Node` resources is now correctly configured by default.
+
+   `--set rbac.createAdditionalControllerCRs=true` is no longer required for rackawareness to work.
+* Crashes from the Sidecar container (e.g. due to a temporary API Server outage) no longer forcefully restart the redpanda container.

.changes/unreleased/charts-redpanda-Changed-20250708-165935.yaml

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+project: charts/redpanda
+kind: Changed
+body: Bump appVersion version to `v24.3.17`.
+time: 2025-07-08T16:59:35.503867+02:00

.changes/unreleased/operator-Changed-20250529-110428.yaml

@@ -52,21 +52,22 @@ projects:
     - path: operator/chart/testdata/*.golden.txtar
       find: '/version: v.*$'
       replace: '/version: {{.Version}}'
+    # TODO this mergie auto correction is very useful but it prevents from cutting operator release
     # Update references to the operator image in redpanda's values.yaml
     # The whitespace ensures we update both values without touching the redpanda tag.
     # It's fragile but all values are checked via unittests.
-    - path: charts/redpanda/values.yaml
-      find: '^      tag: .*$'
-      replace: '      tag: {{.Version}}'
-    - path: charts/redpanda/values.yaml
-      find: '^        tag: .*$'
-      replace: '        tag: {{.Version}}'
+    #- path: charts/redpanda/values.yaml
+    #  find: '^      tag: .*$'
+    # 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: 'charts/redpanda/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
   replacements:

.changes/unreleased/operator-Fixed-20250605-185548.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ version: 5.9.25
 
 # The app version is the default version of Redpanda to install.
 # ** NOTE for maintainers: please ensure the artifacthub image annotation is updated before merging
-appVersion: v24.3.16
+appVersion: v24.3.17
 
 # kubeVersion must be suffixed with "-0" to be able to match cloud providers
 # kubernetes versions like "v1.23.8-gke.1900". Their suffix is interpreted as a
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ annotations:
       url: https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/
   artifacthub.io/images: |
     - name: redpanda
-      image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda:v24.3.16
+      image: docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda:v24.3.17
     - name: busybox
       image: busybox:latest

.changes/unreleased/operator-Fixed-20250606-132924.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 description: Find the default values and descriptions of settings in the Redpanda Helm chart.
 ---
 
-![Version: 5.9.25](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-5.9.25-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v24.3.16](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v24.3.16-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 5.9.25](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-5.9.25-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v24.3.17](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v24.3.17-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 This page describes the official Redpanda Helm Chart. In particular, this page describes the contents of the chart’s [`values.yaml` file](https://github.com/redpanda-data/helm-charts/blob/main/charts/redpanda/values.yaml). Each of the settings is listed and described on this page, along with any default values.