v1.40.0

[gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure]

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• [OPERATOR] Change OCI Image Registry from GCR (eu.gcr.io/gardener-project) to Artifact-Registry (europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases). Users should update their references.
  by @ccwienk [#762]

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [OPERATOR] A bug which caused an empty vmType under certain conditions has been fixed. Empty vmTypes prevent load balancers from being deleted on Kubernetes v1.28 shoots. by @oliver-goetz [#754]

🏃 Others

• [DEVELOPER] Add new unit tests. by @axel7born [#751]
• [OPERATOR] Updated azurecsi-file image -> v1.29.2 by @kon-angelo [#760]
• [OPERATOR] Set azurefile-csi CSIDriver object to support ephemeral disks. by @kon-angelo [#756]
• [OPERATOR] Add new flow-based infrastructure reconciler. by @kon-angelo [#739]
• [OPERATOR] Set azurefile-csi CSIDriver object with attachRequired to false. by @kon-angelo [#756]
• [DEPENDENCY] Vendor gardener v1.83.3 by @kon-angelo [#764]

Docker Images

• gardener-extension-admission-azure: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-azure:v1.40.0
• gardener-extension-provider-azure: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-azure:v1.40.0