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-## Changes by Kind
-
-### API Change
-
-- Update API for group snapshots, easing the restore process. ([#1068](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1068), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-
-### Feature
-
-- Adds support for ListSnapshots secrets ([#252](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/252), [@bells17](https://github.com/bells17))
-- Adds validation rules into CRDs. Minimum required Kubernetes version is 1.25 for these validation rules. ([#1073](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1073), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37))
-- Link the snapshotted PVCs and the corresponding PVs in VolumeGroupSnapshot and VolumeGroupSnapshotContent to make restoring data easier. ([#1069](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1069), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-- Updated Kubernetes deps to v1.30 ([#1088](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1088), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
-
-### Bug or Regression
-
-- Adding the annotation `groupsnapshot.storage.kubernetes.io/is-default-class=true` on a VolumeGroupSnapshotClass will cause that VolumeGroupSnapshotClass to be used by default. ([#1015](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1015), [@nixpanic](https://github.com/nixpanic))
-- Fixed a bug in the csi-snapshotter sidecar causing it to rapidly make RPC calls to CSI drivers due to its own updates to VolumeSnapshotContent objects ([#1009](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1009), [@ConnorJC3](https://github.com/ConnorJC3))
-- Fixes a panic in the snapshot validation webhook. ([#1005](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1005), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-- Fixes a problem deleting VolumeSnapshotContent with `Retain` policy for pre-provisioned snapshots. ([#249](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/249), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-- Prevent VolumeSnapshotContent's update from erroring out because of conflicts in the CSI snapshotter sidecar. ([#1066](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1066), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-- Prevent snapshot controller from panicking when requesting a VolumeGroupSnapshot of a non-CSI volume. ([#1067](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1067), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-- This change will update the Restore size in volumesnapshotcontent to the size it's received from the CSI driver. If `0` is received, it won't be added to the Restore size as it means it is unspecified as per CSI spec. ([#1011](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1011), [@Madhu-1](https://github.com/Madhu-1))
-
-### Other (Cleanup or Flake)
-
-- Replace code-generator/generate-groups.sh with code-generator/kube_codegen.sh in update-generated-code.sh. ([#1075](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1075), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-- The Namespace additional printer column is now generated from a marker in the codebase instead of directly added in the CRD. ([#1094](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1094), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-- The validating logic for VolumeSnapshots, VolumeSnapshotContents, VolumeGroupSnapshots, and
-  VolumeGroupSnapshotContents has been replaced by CEL validation rules. The validating webhook
-  is now only being used for VolumeSnapshotClasses and VolumeGroupSnapshotClasses to ensure
-  that there's at most one class per CSI Driver. ([#1091](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1091), [@leonardoce](https://github.com/leonardoce))
-- Update client to v8. ([#1093](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1093), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-- Updates Kubernetes 1.30 dependencies for the client and the server. ([#1071](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1071), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-
-### Uncategorized
-
-- Adds secret reference to volume group snapshot content. ([#1034](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1034), [@manishym](https://github.com/manishym))
-- Fix bug in retrieving the group secret from the volumegroupsnapshotcontent object ([#1048](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1048), [@Madhu-1](https://github.com/Madhu-1))
-- Update google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.33.0 to resolve CVE-2024-24786 ([#1033](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1033), [@dobsonj](https://github.com/dobsonj))
-- Update manifests with controller-gen@v0.15.0 and new validation rules. Minimum required Kubernetes version is 1.25 for these validation rules. ([#1076](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1076), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))
-- Use Group secret for the GetGroupSnapshotStatus RPC call ([#1051](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/1051), [@Madhu-1](https://github.com/Madhu-1))
-
-## Dependencies
-
-### Added
-- github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2: [v2.6.0](https://github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2/tree/v2.6.0)
-- github.com/x448/float16: [v0.8.4](https://github.com/x448/float16/tree/v0.8.4)
-- go.uber.org/goleak: v1.3.0
-- k8s.io/gengo/v2: 51d4e06
-
-### Changed
-- cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata: v0.2.3 → v0.3.0
-- cloud.google.com/go/compute: v1.23.3 → v1.25.1
-- github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2: [v2.2.0 → v2.3.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0)
-- github.com/cncf/xds/go: [523115e → 8a4994d](https://github.com/cncf/xds/go/compare/523115e...8a4994d)
-- github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3: [v3.11.0 → v3.12.0](https://github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3/compare/v3.11.0...v3.12.0)
-- github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane: [v0.11.1 → v0.12.0](https://github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/compare/v0.11.1...v0.12.0)
-- github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate: [v1.0.2 → v1.0.4](https://github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.4)
-- github.com/go-logr/zapr: [v1.2.3 → v1.3.0](https://github.com/go-logr/zapr/compare/v1.2.3...v1.3.0)
-- github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer: [v0.19.6 → v0.21.0](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer/compare/v0.19.6...v0.21.0)
-- github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference: [v0.20.2 → v0.21.0](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference/compare/v0.20.2...v0.21.0)
-- github.com/go-openapi/swag: [v0.22.3 → v0.23.0](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/compare/v0.22.3...v0.23.0)
-- github.com/golang/glog: [v1.1.2 → v1.2.0](https://github.com/golang/glog/compare/v1.1.2...v1.2.0)
-- github.com/golang/protobuf: [v1.5.3 → v1.5.4](https://github.com/golang/protobuf/compare/v1.5.3...v1.5.4)
-- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.4.0 → v1.6.0](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.4.0...v1.6.0)
-- github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils: [v0.17.0 → v0.18.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0)
-- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.13.1 → v2.15.0](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/compare/v2.13.1...v2.15.0)
-- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.30.0 → v1.31.0](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.30.0...v1.31.0)
-- github.com/prometheus/client_golang: [v1.18.0 → v1.19.1](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.18.0...v1.19.1)
-- github.com/prometheus/client_model: [v0.5.0 → v0.6.1](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.1)
-- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.46.0 → v0.53.0](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.46.0...v0.53.0)
-- github.com/prometheus/procfs: [v0.12.0 → v0.15.0](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs/compare/v0.12.0...v0.15.0)
-- github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal: [v1.10.0 → v1.11.0](https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/compare/v1.10.0...v1.11.0)
-- github.com/stretchr/objx: [v0.5.0 → v0.1.0](https://github.com/stretchr/objx/compare/v0.5.0...v0.1.0)
-- github.com/stretchr/testify: [v1.8.4 → v1.9.0](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/compare/v1.8.4...v1.9.0)
-- github.com/yuin/goldmark: [v1.4.13 → v1.3.5](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/compare/v1.4.13...v1.3.5)
-- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc: v0.46.0 → v0.51.0
-- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.20.0 → v1.26.0
-- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.20.0 → v1.26.0
-- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.20.0 → v1.26.0
-- go.uber.org/zap: v1.19.0 → v1.26.0
-- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.18.0 → v0.23.0
-- golang.org/x/mod: v0.12.0 → v0.15.0
-- golang.org/x/net: v0.20.0 → v0.25.0
-- golang.org/x/oauth2: v0.16.0 → v0.20.0
-- golang.org/x/sync: v0.5.0 → v0.7.0
-- golang.org/x/sys: v0.16.0 → v0.20.0
-- golang.org/x/term: v0.16.0 → v0.20.0
-- golang.org/x/text: v0.14.0 → v0.15.0
-- golang.org/x/time: v0.3.0 → v0.5.0
-- golang.org/x/tools: v0.14.0 → v0.18.0
-- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: bbf56f3 → 94a12d6
-- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc: bbf56f3 → 94a12d6
-- google.golang.org/grpc: v1.61.0 → v1.64.0
-- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.32.0 → v1.34.1
-- k8s.io/api: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/client-go: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/component-base: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/component-helpers: v0.29.0 → v0.30.0
-- k8s.io/kube-openapi: 2dd684a → 70dd376
-- sigs.k8s.io/yaml: v1.3.0 → v1.4.0
-
-### Removed
-- github.com/cncf/udpa/go: [c52dc94](https://github.com/cncf/udpa/go/tree/c52dc94)
-- github.com/creack/pty: [v1.1.9](https://github.com/creack/pty/tree/v1.1.9)
-- github.com/kr/pty: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/kr/pty/tree/v1.1.1)
-- github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2: [v2.0.0](https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2/tree/v2.0.0)
-- go.uber.org/atomic: v1.10.0
-- google.golang.org/genproto: bbf56f3
-- k8s.io/gengo: 9cce18d