k8s: Cluster API v1.12: Introducing In-place Updates and Chained Upgrades

Cluster API v1.12.0 adds two major features — in‑place updates and chained upgrades — enabling mutable updates of existing Machines when safe and orchestrated multi‑minor‑version upgrades respectively, while keeping immutable rollouts and strong extensibility as core design principles.

• Source: Kubernetes Official Blog