v1.0.0-rc.2

• PR #512 - @stefanprodan - Release Flagger v1.0.0-rc.2
• PR #511 - @sayboras - e2e: Upgrade nginx helm chart to 1.34.2
• PR #509 - @stealthybox - Fix gRPC typos
• PR #507 - @ernst01 - loadtester: add concord test support
• PR #506 - @sayboras - Add the logLevel configuration in helm charts
• PR #504 - @mathetake - fix: nil pointer on notifier
• PR #502 - @stefanprodan - docs: Update A/B testing docs for Istio 1.5
• PR #500 - @mathetake - docs: fix wrong links
• PR #494 - @stefanprodan - docs: How to retry a failed release
• PR #493 - @stefanprodan - docs: Add metric.query deprecation notice
• PR #492 - @mathetake - istio router: make mirrorPercentage configurable for traffic mirroring
• PR #490 - @staceypotter - docs: Fix typo in changelog
• PR #489 - @stefanprodan - e2e: Update NGINX ingress to v0.30.0
• PR #486 - @stefanprodan - docs: Add Istio telemetry v2 to upgrade guide
• PR #485 - @mathetake - docs: change canaryAnalysis left in docs to analysis
• PR #484 - @stefanprodan - pkg/controller: Refactor scheduler
• PR #483 - @stefanprodan - e2e: Consolidate Kubernetes e2e tests
• PR #481 - @mathetake - pkg/router: renamed KubernetesDeploymentRouter to KubernetesDefaultRouter
• PR #480 - @mathetake - refactor error handlings: oraganize messages, wrap with %w and use errors.Is
• PR #479 - @stefanprodan - e2e: Istio 1.5