merge main and fix conflicts

Author: adwk67

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/new_version.md

@@ -32,5 +32,4 @@ Part of <https://github.com/stackabletech/issues/issues/TRACKING_ISSUE>
 ### Bump Rust Dependencies
 
 - [ ] Bump `stackable-operator` and friends
-- [ ] Bump `product-config`
 - [ ] Bump all other dependencies

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/normal-issue.md

@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: rustsec/audit-check@69366f33c96575abad1ee0dba8212993eecbe998 # v2.0.0
+        # Build against stable because cargo-audit sometimes depends on things
+        # that require a newer Rust version than our pinned toolchain. This does
+        # not influence the result, so it should be safe.
+        env:
+          RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN: stable
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/pre-release-rust-deps.md

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
   assembles all relevant Kubernetes resources before anything is applied ([#776]).
 - The RBAC ServiceAccount and RoleBinding are now built with the operator-rs `v2::rbac`
   functions and carry the full set of recommended labels ([#782]).
+- Bump stackable-operator to 0.114.0 ([#786]).
 
 [#776]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hbase-operator/pull/776
 [#782]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hbase-operator/pull/782
+[#786]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hbase-operator/pull/786
 
 ## [26.7.0] - 2026-07-21