release 1.31

[zetaab]

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[zetaab]

cc @dulek @jichenjc

e2e tests might be failing because of chicken - egg issue with the new release. Also I have modified release-procedure to make release branch after the new tag is added. This is the proper behaviour.

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@zetaab: The following tests failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
pull-cloud-provider-openstack-test	64766c1	link	true	/test pull-cloud-provider-openstack-test
pull-cloud-provider-openstack-check	64766c1	link	true	/test pull-cloud-provider-openstack-check

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/lgtm
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