Release artifacts for release v1.8.1

[alexcristi]

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[APPROVALNOTIFIER] This PR is APPROVED

This pull-request has been approved by: a-hilaly, alexcristi

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/ok-to-test

[alexcristi]

/test ec2-kind-e2e

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@alexcristi: The following test failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
ec2-verify-code-gen	5daa73b	link	false	/test ec2-verify-code-gen

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/test ec2-kind-e2e