Update module sigs.k8s.io/external-dns to v0.18.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
sigs.k8s.io/external-dns	v0.17.0 -> v0.18.0

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Release Notes

kubernetes-sigs/external-dns (sigs.k8s.io/external-dns)

v0.18.0

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General information

⚠️ This release requires a RBAC update on endpointslices. It will be included in the next Chart release, see #​5493.

⚠️ The exposed metrics has been significantly changed. You'll need to update your observability stack accordingly, see #​5516

ℹ️ This release remove in-tree support for ibmcloud, tencentcloud & ultradns. Users needing those providers can use a previous version of external-dns or create a webhook-based provider.

ℹ️ The change on default-targets behavior provide a mitigation strategy, if you need it, see #​5316

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• chore!: remove unmaintained providers by @​mloiseleur in #​5463
• feat(controller)!: publish metrics for all supported endpoint types by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5516
• feat(source)!: introduce optional force-default-targets by @​alen-z in #​5316
• feat(source): use EndpointSlices instead of Endpoints for Service by @​vflaux in #​5493

🚀 Features

• feat(chart): add missing changelog for #​5493 by @​vflaux in #​5541
• feat(cloudflare): add support for MX records by @​arthlr in #​5283
• feat(cloudflare): change defaultCA from google to empty string by @​henryjarend in #​5453
• feat(cloudflare): improve cloudflare regional hostnames implementation by @​vflaux in #​5309
• feat(cloudflare): Suppport DNS record comments by @​7onn in #​5411
• feat(controller)!: publish metrics for all supported endpoint types by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5516
• feat(endpoint): IDNA aware in Plan and DomainFilter by @​kimsondrup in #​5049
• feat(fqdn): improve ExecTemplate and add more functions by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5406
• feat(metrics): consecutiveSoftErrors by @​AndrewCharlesHay in #​5502
• feat(source): add resouce labels for nodes by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5509
• feat(source)!: introduce optional force-default-targets by @​alen-z in #​5316
• feat(source/node): fqdn support combineFQDNAnnotation by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5526
• feat(source/pod): add support for fqdn templating by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5512
• feat(source): support ttl annotation on pod by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5527
• feat(source): use EndpointSlices instead of Endpoints for Service by @​vflaux in #​5493
• feat(txt-registry): deprecate legacy txt-format by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5172

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix(azure): enhance retry logic using azure SDK by @​Reddyshruti26 in #​5361
• fix(chart): release chart process by @​stevehipwell in #​5538
• fix(chart): release chart workflow by @​Bartosz-lab in #​5533
• fix(chart): update schema with latest plugin release by @​mloiseleur in #​5510
• fix(cloudflare): improve handling of rate limiting errors by @​Hackatosh in #​5524
• fix: createRecord for alibabacloud provider by @​zengyuxing007 in #​5432
• fix(docs): resolve broken links, add source description by @​linoleparquet in #​5413
• fix(f5): validate virtualservers and transportservers based on IP only by @​mikejoh in #​5532
• fix: ovh: correct handling of records deletion by @​rbeuque74 in #​5450
• fix(provider): aws-sd provider null pointer by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5404
• fix(provider/coredns): errjson linter by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5506
• fix(rfc2136): collect existing records from all configured zones by @​joshlreese in #​5426
• fix(rfc2136): credential and realm issue when using active directory by @​Jeremy-Boyle in #​5385
• fix(source): expose internal ipv6 flag on headless service by @​kevinvalk in #​5399
• fix(source/node): template expansion by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5498
• fix(source/pod): discrepancy between the documentation and the actual behavior by @​foyerunix in #​5409

📝 Documentation

• docs: add alibaba cloud provider reference by @​zengyuxing007 in #​5431
• docs: add deSEC webhook by @​michelangelomo in #​5460
• docs: add missing import by @​lucasfcnunes in #​5500
• docs(cloudflare): add list of accepted values for regional host by @​AndrewCharlesHay in #​5495
• docs(contributing): detail how to test a PR by @​mloiseleur in #​5443
• docs(github): update pr template by @​mloiseleur in #​5445
• docs(traefik): public and private routing by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5559
• docs: unbound webhook by @​guillomep in #​5434

📦 Others

• add IONOS Cloud webhook reference by @​smilutinovic-ionos in #​5475
• chore(ci): fix testify linter by @​mloiseleur in #​5461
• chore(ci): rework labels in OWNERS by @​mloiseleur in #​5481
• chore(cloudflare): move regional services logic to dedicated file by @​vflaux in #​5329
• chore(cloudflare): remove unused funcs by @​vflaux in #​5553
• chore(code): add pre-commit github action by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5414
• chore(codebase): add cyclop max by @​AndrewCharlesHay in #​5427
• chore(codebase): add linters for json/yaml tags by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5418
• chore(codebase): add nilnil return check by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5415
• chore(codebase): enable copyloopvar by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5433
• chore(codebase): enable dupword linter by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5437
• chore(codebase): enable errorlint by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5439
• chore(codebase): enable linter recvcheck by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5522
• chore(codebase): enable testifylint by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5441
• chore(codebase): enable usestdlibvars for Go constants by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5438
• chore(code-quality): added linter errchkjson by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5448
• chore(code-quality): reduce cyclomatic complexity of podSource.Endpoints() by @​vflaux in #​5470
• chore(code-quality): reduce cyclomatic complexity of validation.ValidateConfig by @​vflaux in #​5451
• chore(crd): move code to apis/v1alpha1 by @​mloiseleur in #​5446
• chore(deps): bump json-yaml-validate to v3.3.1 by @​mloiseleur in #​5563
• chore(deps): bump renovatebot/github-action from 42.0.5 to 42.0.6 in the dev-dependencies group by @​app/dependabot in #​5530
• chore(deps): bump renovatebot/github-action from 42.0.6 to 43.0.0 in the dev-dependencies group by @​app/dependabot in #​5556
• chore(deps): bump renovatebot/github-action from 43.0.0 to 43.0.1 in the dev-dependencies group by @​app/dependabot in #​5557
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 11 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5484
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 13 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5539
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 14 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5408
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 14 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5511
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5531
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5566
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5480
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5520
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group with 10 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5519
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group with 2 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5555
• chore(deps): bump the dev-dependencies group with 3 updates by @​app/dependabot in #​5544
• chore(docs): add mkdocs-macros plugin by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5412
• chore(docs): document the default behavior of --[no-]combine-fqdn-annotation by @​shapirus in #​5403
• chore(docs): fix documentation references by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5560
• chore(docs): update aws role requirements with conditions by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5353
• chore(domainfilter): use pointer receivers for DomainFilter by @​u-kai in #​5546
• chore(provider/coredns): improve code coverage and reduce complexity by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5456
• chore(release): chart for v0.17.0 by @​stevehipwell in #​5479
• chore(release): updates kustomize & docs with v0.17.0 by @​mloiseleur in #​5396
• chore(source): code coverage and refactoring of traefik by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5380
• chore(source/crd): improve test coverage, fix deprecations by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5489
• chore(source/crd): optimize endpoint labels without looping over by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5492
• chore(source/ingress): add fqdn specific tests for ingress source by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5507
• chore(source): move cache informer to dedicated folder by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5466
• chore(source): reduce cyclomatic complexity of extractNodePortTargets by @​linoleparquet in #​5444
• chore(source/service): add resource label without looping over by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5528
• chore(source/service): restructure code to make service type filters testable by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5485
• chore: update maintainers by @​mloiseleur in #​5491
• perf(source): benchmarks on EndpointTargetsFromServices by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5536
• refactor(provider): replace switch with if for record type filtering by @​u-kai in #​5548
• revert: fix on gateway-api that ensure to use only latest generation with HTTPRoutes by @​mloiseleur in #​5490
• test(awssd): fix a flaky test by @​vflaux in #​5552
• test(controller): increase timeout and refactor toggle registry test by @​u-kai in #​5518
• test(controller): reduce complexity and improve code coverage by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5523
• test(endpoint): improve coverage from 76% to 95.9% by @​upsaurav12 in #​5421
• test(metrics): replace random value with a static value by @​u-kai in #​5462
• test(provider/civo): improved test coverage by @​upsaurav12 in #​5455
• test(provider/gandi): bumped to 100% coverage by @​upsaurav12 in #​5454
• test(source): add fqdn specific tests on service by @​ivankatliarchuk in #​5529
• test(source): fix flakyness on pod_test.go by @​mloiseleur in #​5514
• test(source): remove flaky log assertions from pod tests by @​u-kai in #​5517
• test(testutils/endpoint): improved test coverage for testutils/endpoint by @​upsaurav12 in #​5425
• test(tlsconfig): improve code coverage by @​linoleparquet in #​5452

New Contributors

• @​shapirus made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5403
• @​kevinvalk made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5399
• @​Reddyshruti26 made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5361
• @​7onn made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5411
• @​guillomep made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5434
• @​joshlreese made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5426
• @​henryjarend made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5453
• @​michelangelomo made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5460
• @​u-kai made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5462
• @​zengyuxing007 made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5431
• @​lucasfcnunes made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5500
• @​Bartosz-lab made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5533
• @​alen-z made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5316
• @​Hackatosh made their first contribution in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5524

Full Changelog: kubernetes-sigs/external-dns@v0.17.0...v0.18.0

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golang.org/x/time	v0.11.0 -> v0.12.0
golang.org/x/tools	v0.32.0 -> v0.33.0
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google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc	v0.0.0-20250428153025-10db94c68c34 -> v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822
google.golang.org/grpc	v1.72.0 -> v1.73.0
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k8s.io/component-base	v0.32.3 -> v0.33.0
k8s.io/kms	v0.32.3 -> v0.33.0
sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client	v0.31.1 -> v0.31.2
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime	v0.20.4 -> v0.21.0