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+# Release v0.177.0
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+## 🚀 Features
+
+- Add utils command to migrate iamidentitymappings to EKS access entries (#7710)
+- Add support for Ubuntu Pro 22.04 based EKS images (#7711)
+
+## 🎯 Improvements
+
+- Handle K8s service account lifecycle on eksctl create/delete podidentityassociation commands (#7706)
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix reusing instanceRoleARN for nodegroups authorized with access entry (#7707)
+- Allow nodegroup creation after a cluster subnet is deleted (#7714)
+- Fix arn build logic to support different aws partitions (#7715)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+- Disable IMDSv1 in unowned integration tests (#7722)
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @punkwalker, @veekaly, @aciba90 and @timandy
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