* Add inital 1.9.0 release note

Add inital 1.9.0 release note, will update later if there are
more items to add.
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* Update notes/coredns-1.9.0.md
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* Update notes/coredns-1.9.0.md
Co-authored-by: Chris O'Haver <cohaver@infoblox.com>
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* Update notes/coredns-1.9.0.md
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* Update version string to 1.9.0
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This reverts commit 744468ea.

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* mention default go stats and other plugin stats in README
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* health check should respect force_tcp
Signed-off-by: tombokombo <tombo@sysart.tech>

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Only adds stale with labels 'answered,needs info' in issues and 'needs update' in PRs
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This PR fixed a couple of code scanning alerts:
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* Add github actions for docker release.

Once a release/tag shown up in GitHub,
an GitHub Action will be automatically triggered
for docker release.

This will help avoid additional steps when releasing.
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* Update to address the review
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* Address review comment
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* Add yamllint config.
* Add yamllint workflow.
* Cleanup linting issues.
* Remove unnecessary `set -x -e` from workflows.
Signed-off-by: SuperQ <superq@gmail.com>

* write failures with ResponseReverter instead of letting server write them
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* fix comment
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fix convert key to domain when key ends with '/'

Bumps [gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go) from 1.35.0 to 1.36.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/compare/v1.35.0...v1.36.0)

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Bumps [github.com/prometheus/client_golang](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang) from 1.12.0 to 1.12.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.12.0...v1.12.1)

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Bumps [google.golang.org/grpc](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go) from 1.43.0 to 1.44.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0)

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Bumps [k8s.io/client-go](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go) from 0.23.2 to 0.23.3.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/compare/v0.23.2...v0.23.3)

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Bumps [github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go) from 1.42.39 to 1.42.44.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/compare/v1.42.39...v1.42.44)

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Bumps [github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go) from 61.3.0+incompatible to 61.4.0+incompatible.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/compare/v61.3.0...v61.4.0)

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Bumps [github.com/oschwald/geoip2-golang](https://github.com/oschwald/geoip2-golang) from 1.5.0 to 1.6.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/oschwald/geoip2-golang/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/oschwald/geoip2-golang/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.1)

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* persist truncated state to client if cname lookup response is truncated
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* plugin/prometheus: write rcode properly to the metrics
Signed-off-by: Ondřej Benkovský <ondrej.benkovsky@jamf.com>

Bumps [github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go) from 61.1.0+incompatible to 61.3.0+incompatible.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/compare/v61.1.0...v61.3.0)

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Bumps [k8s.io/client-go](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go) from 0.23.1 to 0.23.2.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/compare/v0.23.1...v0.23.2)

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Bumps [gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go) from 1.34.0 to 1.35.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/compare/v1.34.0...v1.35.0)

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