ready for release 1.18.0 (#6186) #9772

Job	Run time
test	15m 37s
CodeQL	7m 11s
build	3m 58s
lint	4m 10s
integration-configs-db	2m 17s
integration (requires_docker)	6m 19s
integration (integration_alertmanager)	4m 2s
integration (integration_backward_compatibility)	9m 22s
integration (integration_memberlist)	7m 44s
integration (integration_querier)	12m 14s
integration (integration_ruler)	4m 19s
integration (integration_query_fuzz)	2m 28s
deploy_website	50s
deploy	4m 57s
	1h 25m 28s

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