## apache/apisix-ingress-controller — v1.8.1…v1.8.2

_21 commits._

### Features
- **feat: add plugin_config_namespace parameter to ApisixRoute (#2137)** (96510b6)
- **feat: add release notes for v1.8.0 release (#2111) (#2115)** (f0130c9)

### Fixes
- **fix: deletion of references (#2213)** (aba75eb)
- **fix: use force=true to hard delete the apisix resource (#2210)** (ce5a37a)
- **fix: remove path validation (#2140)** (0385d28)

### Tests
- **test: failing flaky unit test (#2151)** (16a22d3)

### Docs
- **docs: update NOTICE (#2149)** (c28e7c1)
- **docs: clarify usage of external service discovery (#2124)** (e94edee)

### Chore
- **chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.20.0 to 0.23.0 in /test/e2e (#2220)** (57b5aee)
- **chore: remove redundant logs and improve logs for users (#2206)** (42b9e4d)
- **chore(deps): bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 in /test/e2e (#2195)** (2c7fa6a)
- **chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0 (#2196)** (392da65)
- **chore: upgrade etcd-adapter to latest version (#2205)** (b8674f8)
- **chore(deps): bump k8s.io/apimachinery from 0.29.2 to 0.29.3 in /test/e2e (#2185)** (a51f0d9)
- **chore(deps): bump k8s.io/client-go from 0.29.0 to 0.29.2 in /test/e2e (#2162)** (b90b035)
- **chore(deps): bump go.uber.org/zap from 1.26.0 to 1.27.0 in /test/e2e (#2172)** (8fe35d4)
- **chore(deps): bump k8s.io/api from 0.29.0 to 0.29.2 in /test/e2e (#2163)** (58aab33)
- **chore(deps): bump k8s.io/apimachinery from 0.29.0 to 0.29.2 in /test/e2e (#2161)** (98e624a)
- **chore(deps): bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 in /test/e2e (#2177)** (705b71a)
- **chore(ci): remove tao12345666333 and lingsamuel in reviewers (#2150)** (6705ea5)
- **refactor(cmd/ingress): invert signal ctx logic (#2139)** (e6e5872)

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