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+# Release v0.231.0
+
+## 🚀 Features
+
+- Add TerminatedPodGcThreshold to control plane component config (#8853)
+- Add support for vpc.controlPlaneOnPrivateSubnets (#8793)
+
+## 🎯 Improvements
+
+- ci: harden the release pipeline — isolate EKSCTLBOT\_TOKEN, sign releases, publish SBOMs (#8863)
+- ci: pass workflow inputs to run steps via env vars (#8860)
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- fix: use interruptionQueue Helm value for Karpenter >= v0.33.0 (#8844)
+- Grant ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups to the IPv6 VPC CNI role (#8837)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+- ci: harden the release pipeline — isolate EKSCTLBOT\_TOKEN, sign releases, publish SBOMs (#8863)
+- ci: pass workflow inputs to run steps via env vars (#8860)
+- Update ec2-info (#8854)
+- Update coredns (#8842)
+- Update coredns (#8841)
+- Update nvidia-device-plugin to v0.20.0 (#8840)
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @chithreshazad, @guessi, @gustavodiaz7722, @sapphirew, @warren830, @chithresha and @michaelbeaumont.
+