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+# Release v0.226.0
+
+## 🚀 Features
+
+- feat(ubuntu): add support for resolute (#8683)
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- fix: only add ECR Public perms in aws partition (#8709)
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @fletcherw and @rpocase.
+