Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes 2.1.0

New features

Allow predicates to be disabled on a case-by-case basis through annotation. #5284 (issue: #2092)

Elasticsearch: Set status.ObservedGeneration from metadata.Generation #5331 (issue: #3392)
Kibana: Set status.ObservedGeneration from metadata.Generation #5409 (issue: #3392)
Extend full upgrade to any version upgrade of non-HA Elasticsearch #5408
Handle resource conflict while updating status in association reconciler #5337
Improve Elasticsearch status sub-resource #5328
Use new node.roles notation in all example manifests #5289 (issue: #4130)
Handle data tiers during rolling upgrades #5248 (issue: #5228)
Isolate operator from HTTP service misconfiguration - Use internal service #5211 (issue: #4394)
Improve handling of managed namespaces - resolving 'unknown namespace for the cache' errors #5187

Avoid reporting outdated Elasticsearch health on reconciliation error that prevents getting the real one #5349 (issue: #5330)
Only configure Stack Monitoring if association reconciled #5339
Do not attempt rolling upgrades for non-HA Elasticsearch clusters #5327 (issue: #5321)
Use precondition when deleting secrets #5273 (issue: #5249)
Support new Agent base image as of 7.17 #5268
Fix webhook match policy for OLM based installations #5437 (issue: #5423)
Fix Agent trust CA commands for all image variants #5438 (issue: #5434)

Add a sentence explaining the upgrade strategy restriction for non-HA Elasticsearch clusters #5400
Add example code to the Quickstart #5378 (issue: #5322)
Fix links to Elasticsearch upgrade docs #5347
Adjust Fleet recipes for default policy change #5281 (issue: #5262)