Merge current v2.11 into v3.0

pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/client.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -469,12 +470,8 @@ func (c *clientWrapper) isWatchedNamespace(ns string) bool {
 	if c.isNamespaceAll {
 		return true
 	}
-	for _, watchedNamespace := range c.watchedNamespaces {
-		if watchedNamespace == ns {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+
+	return slices.Contains(c.watchedNamespaces, ns)
 }
 
 // translateNotFoundError will translate a "not found" error to a boolean return