chore(main): release 0.71.0 (#4564)

Signed-off-by: Austin Abro <austinabro321@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: zarf-release-please[bot] <257630061+zarf-release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Austin Abro <austinabro321@gmail.com>

Author: zarf-release-please[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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-  ".": "0.70.1"
+  ".": "0.71.0"
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CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+## [0.71.0](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/compare/v0.70.1...v0.71.0) (2026-02-04)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **registry-proxy:** built-in mtls support ([#4162](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4162))
+* **wait:** create wait package and call it directly within actions ([#4549](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4549))
+* remove global plainHTTP and insecureSkipTLSVerify in favor of optional parameters ([#4561](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4561))
+* move v1alpha1 validation logic to it's own package ([#4544](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4544))
+* remove direct usage of parent command `zarf package inspect` ([#4548](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4548)) ([1904293](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/19042935276f23f9d50101363008ebce987b7e11))
+
+### Features
+
+* add nodeSelector to zarf agent and registry charts ([#4565](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4565)) ([a23e909](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/a23e909cf4a2029a344128ef9a8951c716ce9e3d))
+* error early during healthchecks when status is terminal ([#4547](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4547)) ([eb54546](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/eb5454614545b3710a5c21503d72e14b13943d42))
+* **prune:** allow for pruning to continue on manifest unknown ([#4566](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4566)) ([6814ead](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/6814eadbad76a9c5e5e0e14ebd7b77714596e80d))
+* **registry-proxy:** built-in mtls support ([#4162](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4162)) ([b493381](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/b493381ee5deda31336e89f187c8ece51dd522fe))
+* **release:** add release please workflow and docs ([#4558](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4558)) ([b4cb102](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/b4cb1027e953fc1787c0d124fd5c69105c3ef3a1))
+* remove direct usage of parent command `zarf package inspect` ([#4548](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4548)) ([1904293](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/19042935276f23f9d50101363008ebce987b7e11))
+* remove global plainHTTP and insecureSkipTLSVerify in favor of optional parameters ([#4561](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4561)) ([3eed404](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/3eed404fab86dc0d6fcd6f50de48f12d1dfa71d8))
+* **sign:** implement support for sigstore bundle format ([#4519](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4519)) ([9c3d446](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/9c3d446509767a823a03ed69cf8366242ac4db9e))
+* **values:** support for chart values merge ([#4581](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4581)) ([81df552](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/81df552d38990a9fe7d0ccb0bc0a33ae173403d6))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **helm:** preserve block scalar semantics ([#4541](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4541)) ([8655c1c](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/8655c1c1e846de93bff378d6de19de20721bfbff))
+
+
+### Refactoring
+
+* move v1alpha1 validation logic to it's own package ([#4544](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4544)) ([502a6be](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/502a6be130ec2d36bf0d67b4a458117e3ac47c7c))
+* **wait:** create wait package and call it directly within actions ([#4549](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/issues/4549)) ([2498e1c](https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/commit/2498e1cb96fdfb247aaef34f87bdbdf2b98c975f))