Merge pull request #3102 from Nordix/release-notes-0.12.3

🚀 Release v0.12.3

Author: metal3-io-bot

releasenotes/v0.12.3.md

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+# Changes since v0.12.2
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+## :bug: Bug Fixes
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+- Add handling of paused annotation to the HFS controller (#3090)
+- Fix return values of the HFC controller in case of provisioner errors (#3076)
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+## :seedling: Others
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+- Bump CAPI to v1.12.4 (#3099)
+- bump google.golang.org/grpc to v1.79.3 (#3097)
+- bump x/net to v0.49.0 (#3083)
+- Bump golangci-lint to v2.5.0 in workflow (#3085)
+- harden pr-verifier workflow trigger (#3088)
+- Update Go version to 1.25.8 (#3064)
+- Bump github.com/cloudflare/circl to v1.6.3 (#3050)
+- Bump github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager from 1.18.5 to 1.18.6 in /test (#3040)
+- Bump the kubernetes group to v0.34.5 (#3039)
+- Bump golangci-lint to v2.5.0 and fix linter findings (#3032)
+- Bump opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk to v1.40.0 (#3020)
+- bump osv-scanner in hack/verify-release.sh (#3030)
+- add Sunnatillo as reviewer (#3026)
+- add smoshiur1237 as reviewer (#3017)
+- Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 from 5.8.0 to 5.8.1 in /hack/tools (#2990)
+- Bump go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 from 3.6.7 to 3.6.8 (#2988)
+- Bump sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api from 0.21.0 to 0.21.1 in /test (#2992)
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+## :recycle: Superseded or Reverted
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+- #3008, #3027, #2987
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+The image for this release is: v0.12.3
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+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊