chore: release chart for v0.18.0 (#5633)

* chore: release chart for v0.18.0

* Add version change to the changelog and merge duplicated fixed entries

Author: elafarge

charts/external-dns/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-### Fixed
-
-- Fixed the lack of schema support for `create-only` dns policy in helm values ([#5627](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5627)) _@coltonhughes_
+## [v1.18.0] - 2025-07-14
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Update RBAC for `Service` source to support `EndpointSlices`. ([#5493](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5493)) _@vflaux_
+- Update _ExternalDNS_ OCI image version to [v0.18.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/releases/tag/v0.18.0). ([#5633](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5633)) _@elafarge_
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed the lack of schema support for `create-only` dns policy in helm values ([#5627](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5627)) _@coltonhughes_
 - Fixed the type of `.extraContainers` from `object` to `list` (array). ([#5564](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/pull/5564)) _@svengreb_
 
 ## [v1.17.0] - 2025-06-04
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 RELEASE LINKS
 -->
 [UNRELEASED]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/tree/master/charts/external-dns
+[v1.18.0]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/releases/tag/external-dns-helm-chart-1.18.0
 [v1.17.0]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/releases/tag/external-dns-helm-chart-1.17.0
 [v1.16.1]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/releases/tag/external-dns-helm-chart-1.16.1
 [v1.16.0]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/releases/tag/external-dns-helm-chart-1.16.0

charts/external-dns/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: external-dns
 description: ExternalDNS synchronizes exposed Kubernetes Services and Ingresses with DNS providers.
 type: application
-version: 1.17.0
-appVersion: 0.17.0
+version: 1.18.0
+appVersion: 0.18.0
 keywords:
   - kubernetes
   - k8s

charts/external-dns/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # external-dns
 
-![Version: 1.17.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.17.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.17.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.17.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.18.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.18.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.18.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.18.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 ExternalDNS synchronizes exposed Kubernetes Services and Ingresses with DNS providers.
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ helm repo add external-dns https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/external-dns/
 After you've installed the repo you can install the chart.
 
 ```shell
-helm upgrade --install external-dns external-dns/external-dns --version 1.17.0
+helm upgrade --install external-dns external-dns/external-dns --version 1.18.0
 ```
 
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