v1.18.4 suite.1

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Release v1.18.4+suite.1

The next suite version v1.18.4+suite.1 is planned for release in Sep 2022.

The target dates are as follows:

Kick off held Aug 31, 2022.
Hand off to Technical Writers by Sep 16, 2022.
Release by Sep 23, 2022.

Release Checklist

Prepare New Release

Check the Jenkins dashboard to ensure builds are green.
If any builds have recently not been green, review the project and determine whether updates are required pre-release.

Components requiring updates pre-suite release (with issue links):
- cyberark/ansible-conjur-collection
- cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client
- cyberark/secretless-broker
- cyberark/secrets-provider-for-k8s
Review the unreleased changes in the wiki. Determine whether any additional releases will be required before creating a new suite release.

Components requiring releases pre-suite release:
- cyberark/conjur - 1.18.4
- cyberark/cloudfoundry-conjur-buildpack - 2.2.5
- cyberark/ansible-conjur-collection - 1.2.0
- cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client - 0.23.8
Create a docs issue to add a new OSS suite release.

Docs issue: ONYX-26208
Create a PR to update the suite.yml to include updated versions. Include a draft of the markdown release notes by running the following command in your release branch:
```
summon -p keyring.py \
  --yaml 'GITHUB_TOKEN: !var github/api_token' \
  ./parse-changelogs \
  -v {suite release version} \
  -t release \
  -o RELEASE_NOTES.md
```
PR link: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-oss-suite-release/pull/253

Definition of Done & Release Notes

Conjur product owner reviews and approves the PR. All changes are:
- Complete and usable by users
- Documented
Conjur ~~product~~ engineering manager reviews the PR and adds "What's new" text in a comment.
PR is updated to include "What's new" text.
Conjur maintainer reviews and approves the PR, ensuring the PR checklist is complete for a release.
Conjur maintainer merges the PR and creates a tag.
Conjur maintainer copies the HTML release notes from the draft release to the docs issue.

Finalize Release

Technical writers publish the release notes.
Conjur maintainer publishes the draft GitHub release.