Update module k8s.io/client-go to v0.36.1

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
k8s.io/client-go	v0.35.4 → v0.36.1

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Release Notes

kubernetes/client-go (k8s.io/client-go)

v0.36.1

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v0.36.0

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v0.35.5

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ℹ️ Artifact update notice

File name: go.mod

In order to perform the update(s) described in the table above, Renovate ran the go get command, which resulted in the following additional change(s):

• 4 additional dependencies were updated
• The go directive was updated for compatibility reasons

Details:

Package	Change
go	1.25.0 -> 1.26.0
google.golang.org/protobuf	v1.36.11 -> v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af
k8s.io/api	v0.35.4 -> v0.36.1
k8s.io/apimachinery	v0.35.4 -> v0.36.1
k8s.io/kube-openapi	v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4 -> v0.0.0-20260317180543-43fb72c5454a

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[jamand]

@timebertt : I updated the indirect k8s dependencies, they broke because they were not on the same minor as some deps that renovate tried to update. To avoid that one would have to update the Renovate config similar to the other repos, I could do that if we decide it’s worth it.