[DO NOT MERGE] CONSOLE-4666: Vendor ConsolePluginCRD v1alpha1 removal

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@yapei creating a testing PR based on our discussion. PTAL

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[yapei]

/retest-required

[yapei]

performed a manual upgrade from OCP 4.19 to 4.21, we can see CRD version v1alpha1 is totally removed

===== at 419
$ oc get clusterversion                                                           
NAME      VERSION                              AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.19.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-214657   True        False         49m     Cluster version is 4.19.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-214657
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions
[
  "v1",
  "v1alpha1"
]
==== at 420
$ oc get clusterversion                                                                            
NAME      VERSION                              AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-105814   True        False         132m    Cluster version is 4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-105814
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions                                               
[
  "v1"
]
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq '.spec.versions[] | .name,.storage'
"v1"
true
"v1alpha1"
false

==== at 421
$ oc get clusterversion
NAME      VERSION                                                AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.21.0-0-2025-11-10-030517-test-ci-ln-5cn1itt-latest   True        False         46m     Cluster version is 4.21.0-0-2025-11-10-030517-test-ci-ln-5cn1itt-latest
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions
[
  "v1"
]
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq '.spec.versions[] | .name,.storage'
"v1"
true

/verified by @yapei

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In response to this:

performed a manual upgrade from OCP 4.19 to 4.21, we can see CRD version v1alpha1 is totally removed

===== at 419
$ oc get clusterversion                                                           
NAME      VERSION                              AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.19.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-214657   True        False         49m     Cluster version is 4.19.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-214657
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions
[
 "v1",
 "v1alpha1"
]
==== at 420
$ oc get clusterversion                                                                            
NAME      VERSION                              AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-105814   True        False         132m    Cluster version is 4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-11-07-105814
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions                                               
[
 "v1"
]
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq '.spec.versions[] | .name,.storage'
"v1"
true
"v1alpha1"
false

==== at 421
$ oc get clusterversion
NAME      VERSION                                                AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.21.0-0-2025-11-10-030517-test-ci-ln-5cn1itt-latest   True        False         46m     Cluster version is 4.21.0-0-2025-11-10-030517-test-ci-ln-5cn1itt-latest
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq .status.storedVersions
[
 "v1"
]
$ oc get crd consoleplugins.console.openshift.io -o json | jq '.spec.versions[] | .name,.storage'
"v1"
true

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/retest-required

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ci/prow/okd-scos-e2e-aws-ovn	66e4190	link	false	/test okd-scos-e2e-aws-ovn
ci/prow/e2e-aws-console	66e4190	link	true	/test e2e-aws-console

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