K8SPS-661 | async clusters should not automatically start replication on startup

[mayankshah1607]

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the MySQL container entrypoint to prevent async clusters from automatically starting replication at mysqld startup, leaving replication start/stop fully controlled by the async orchestrator logic.

Changes:

• Add skip-replica-start to the generated node.cnf when CLUSTER_TYPE=async.

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Test Name	Result	Time
async-ignore-annotations-8-4	passed	00:06:10
async-global-metadata-8-4	passed	00:15:51
async-upgrade-8-0	passed	00:12:37
async-upgrade-8-4	passed	00:14:12
auto-config-8-4	passed	00:26:12
config-8-4	passed	00:15:49
config-router-8-0	passed	00:07:03
config-router-8-4	passed	00:07:21
demand-backup-minio-8-0	passed	00:19:56
demand-backup-minio-8-4	passed	00:19:41
demand-backup-cloud-8-4	passed	00:25:04
demand-backup-retry-8-4	passed	00:15:14
demand-backup-incremental-8-0	passed	00:32:50
demand-backup-incremental-8-4	passed	00:36:06
async-data-at-rest-encryption-8-0	passed	00:14:08
async-data-at-rest-encryption-8-4	passed	00:14:14
gr-global-metadata-8-4	passed	00:15:31
gr-data-at-rest-encryption-8-0	passed	00:14:50
gr-data-at-rest-encryption-8-4	passed	00:14:57
gr-demand-backup-minio-8-4	passed	00:13:21
gr-demand-backup-cloud-8-4	passed	00:22:45
gr-demand-backup-haproxy-8-4	passed	00:09:34
gr-demand-backup-incremental-8-0	passed	00:35:34
gr-demand-backup-incremental-8-4	passed	00:35:43
gr-finalizer-8-4	passed	00:05:49
gr-haproxy-8-0	passed	00:04:50
gr-haproxy-8-4	passed	00:04:10
gr-ignore-annotations-8-4	passed	00:04:36
gr-init-deploy-8-0	passed	00:09:27
gr-init-deploy-8-4	passed	00:09:24
gr-one-pod-8-4	passed	00:05:47
gr-recreate-8-4	passed	00:17:00
gr-scaling-8-4	passed	00:07:58
gr-scheduled-backup-8-4	passed	00:19:32
gr-scheduled-backup-incremental-8-4	passed	00:22:08
gr-security-context-8-4	passed	00:09:22
gr-self-healing-8-4	passed	00:22:33
gr-tls-cert-manager-8-4	passed	00:08:42
gr-users-8-4	passed	00:05:24
gr-upgrade-8-0	passed	00:09:15
gr-upgrade-8-4	passed	00:09:40
haproxy-8-0	passed	00:09:07
haproxy-8-4	passed	00:08:19
init-deploy-8-0	passed	00:06:57
init-deploy-8-4	passed	00:05:39
limits-8-4	passed	00:07:18
monitoring-8-4	passed	00:13:51
one-pod-8-0	passed	00:06:33
one-pod-8-4	passed	00:05:51
operator-self-healing-8-4	passed	00:11:25
pvc-resize-8-4	passed	00:05:45
recreate-8-4	passed	00:12:59
scaling-8-4	passed	00:10:54
scheduled-backup-8-0	passed	00:16:07
scheduled-backup-8-4	passed	00:16:19
scheduled-backup-incremental-8-0	passed	00:22:02
scheduled-backup-incremental-8-4	passed	00:23:03
service-per-pod-8-4	passed	00:06:33
sidecars-8-4	passed	00:04:56
smart-update-8-4	passed	00:09:41
storage-8-4	passed	00:04:00
telemetry-8-4	passed	00:06:15
tls-cert-manager-8-4	passed	00:10:11
users-8-0	passed	00:07:34
users-8-4	passed	00:07:51
version-service-8-4	passed	00:20:38

Summary	Value
Tests Run	66/66
Job Duration	02:04:33
Total Test Time	14:40:38

commit: 00ce3ce
image: perconalab/percona-server-mysql-operator:PR-1272-00ce3ce2