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Support EKS cluster deletion protection feature #5724

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As per AWS announcement: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/eks-safety-control-prevent-accidental-cluster-deletion/

As of Aug 7, 2025 AWS has released a new feature for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now supports deletion protection, helping you prevent accidental termination of your EKS clusters.

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  • Cluster-api-provider-aws version:
  • Kubernetes version: (use kubectl version):
  • OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release):

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