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From: yuxiang-zhang <23327251+yuxiang-zhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:57:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add release notes for v0.173.0

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+# Release v0.173.0
+
+## 🚀 Features
+
+- Make EKS 1.29 default (#7599)
+
+## 🎯 Improvements
+
+- Add profile flag support for get and delete access entry (#7623)
+- Remove inline ELB and CloudWatch policies from Cluster Role (#7603)
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Increase STS session duration to fix caching credentials with assumed role MFA session (#7626)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+- Automate PR with release notes draft (#7604)
+
+## 📝 Documentation
+
+- Update docs with Ubuntu 20.04 supported in EKS \<= 1.29 (#7618)
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @ibnjunaid, @rpocase and @vutny.
+