Release v1.35.0

What's Changed

• Remove potential nil ptr dereferences by @gargipanatula in #1223
• fix: update instance types requiring topology labels by @ndbaker1 in #1230
• Update go dependencies with 1.34.0 by @Ganiredi in #1243
• Fix hairpinning traffic on internal NLB by introducing TG attribute reconciler by @mtulio in #1214
• Update ec2 sdk version to latest by @Ganiredi in #1245
• Release 1.34.0 by @Ganiredi in #1246
• docs/devel: add CI monitoring information for developers by @mtulio in #1221
• Fix backend protocol annotation incorrectly documented by @samuel-esp in #1187
• e2e: bump dependencies to more recent k8s lib by @mtulio in #1256
• Introduce config opt-in NLB provisioning with Security Groups by @mtulio in #1158
• docs: fix broken references on getting_started.md by @mtulio in #1259
• Fix the batched describe insance method for instance not found case by @kmala in #1260
• Update cloud-controller-manager image version to v1.34.0 by @archups in #1263
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.5.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1258
• Bump go sdk to 1.24.7 by @yue9944882 in #1266
• Add support private ipv4 addresses annotation for NLB by @luckyganesh in #1232
• go.mod: pinning go version to use patch from build env by @mtulio in #1282
• Support new aws partition in credential provider by @sam-berning in #1284
• ci/gomod: added CI steps to check Golang directive by @mtulio in #1283
• fix: allow providing unused ServiceAccountToken by @fletcherw in #1281
• Bump golang to 1.24.9 by @yue9944882 in #1293
• fix the netlify build by @kmala in #1316
• 1.35.0 release by @Ganiredi in #1320
• release for 1-35 by @Ganiredi in #1321

New Contributors

• @samuel-esp made their first contribution in #1187
• @archups made their first contribution in #1263
• @luckyganesh made their first contribution in #1232

Full Changelog: v1.34.1...v1.35.0