2.8.1+k8s-1.31

Features

• skip KOTS app preflights when manager experience installer is enabled (#2609) #2609 (Steven Crespo)
• template: add http/https/no proxy template functions engine (#2604) #2604 (João Antunes)
• update adminconsole version (#2626) #2626 (replicated-ci-ec)

Bug Fixes

• ci: pipe grep exits with 141 no reader (#2612) #2612 (Ethan Mosbaugh)

Builds

• deps: bump lucide-react from 0.525.0 to 0.536.0 in /web (#2616) #2616 (dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump @tanstack/react-query from 5.83.0 to 5.84.1 in /web (#2617) #2617 (dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump the aws-sdk-go-v2 group across 1 directory with 5 updates (#2621) #2621 (dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 from 5.2.3 to 5.3.0 (#2622) #2622 (dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump the security group across 2 directories with 5 updates (#2614) #2614 (dependabot[bot])

Chores

• deps: migrate to go aws sdk v2 (#2625) #2625 (Ethan Mosbaugh)
• ci: e2e lxd test preflight failure - wait for clock sync (#2623) #2623 (Ethan Mosbaugh)
• deps: update npm dep @testing-library/jest-dom (#2627) #2627 (Ethan Mosbaugh)

Commits

• 50928e7: Move app installation logic out of infrastructure setup (#2610) (Salah Al Saleh) #2610
• Fix label config item duplication (#2611) #2611 (Steven Crespo)
• 6fcde99: Add endpoints to trigger preflight checks and return their status / results (#2613) (Salah Al Saleh) #2613
• dee63a5: Create dedicated endpoints for app installation and status (#2624) (Salah Al Saleh) #2624