v1.44.0

[gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure]

✨ New Features

• [OPERATOR] This extension now makes use of the new .spec.pools[].userDataSecretRef field to get to the worker pool user data. by @rfranzke [#868]
• [USER] The provider-azure extension does now support shoot clusters with Kubernetes version 1.30. You should consider the Kubernetes release notes before upgrading to 1.30. by @shafeeqes [#855]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Added NetcfgSubnetRangesOverlap keyword to non-retryable infra dependencies known error by @hebelsan [#848]
• [OPERATOR] Fix an issue causing nil-pointer exceptions for DNSRecords deletion. by @kon-angelo [#880]
• [OPERATOR] Add migration test for the infrastructure reconciler by @kon-angelo [#867]
• [OPERATOR] The following image is updated:
  • mcr.microsoft.com/oss/kubernetes-csi/azurefile-csi: v1.30.0 -> v1.30.2 by @ialidzhikov [#870]
• [OPERATOR] This extension is now using the new way of providing monitoring configuration (ref GEP-19) in case a shoot cluster's Prometheus has been migrated to management via prometheus-operator. by @rfranzke [#853]
• [OPERATOR] The controlplaneexposure.azure.extensions.gardener.cloud webhook does no longer mutate Services/Deployments. Previously the webhook was called for Services/Deployments mutations and was not mutating anything. by @ialidzhikov [#862]
• [OPERATOR] Replace usage of deprecated azure blob SDK client with its newer counterpart by @AndreasBurger [#849]
• [OPERATOR] QoL improvements to the infrastructure reconciler by @kon-angelo [#867]
• [OPERATOR] Introduce DNSRecordConfig object to configure the cloud environment for the DNSRecord object. by @kon-angelo [#863]

Docker Images

• gardener-extension-admission-azure: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/admission-azure:v1.44.0
• gardener-extension-provider-azure: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/extensions/provider-azure:v1.44.0