v1.8.0

What's Changed

• Bump golang from 1.22.6 to 1.23.2 by @dependabot in #969
• Bump golang from 1.22.6 to 1.23.2 in /cmd/webhook by @dependabot in #970
• Update README and stable-master image by @riteshghorse in #976
• Create standalone lock release controller by @siyanshen in #973
• Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 in the spf13 group by @dependabot in #889
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.34.1 to 1.34.2 in the onsi group by @dependabot in #948
• Lock release unit test by @siyanshen in #977
• Add lock release controller v2 feature flag by @siyanshen in #999
• Rename feature flag for standalone lockrelease controller by @siyanshen in #1001

Full Changelog: v1.7.2...v1.8.0