v0.51.0

[gardener/machine-controller-manager]

⚠️ 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 [#878]

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [OPERATOR] Removes node.machine.sapcloud.io/not-managed-by-mcm annotation from nodes managed by the MCM. by @elankath [#866]
• [OPERATOR] Fix for edge case of Node object deletion missed during machine termination. by @elankath [#887]
• [DEVELOPER] MCM restart happens properly in integration tests now. This fix will get activated, once this version is vendored in your mcm-provider by @sssash18 [#879]

🏃 Others

• [DEVELOPER] Bump k8s.io/* deps to v0.28.2 by @afritzler [#858]
• [OPERATOR] machine controller won't reconcile machine on non-spec update events by @himanshu-kun [#877]
• [OPERATOR] fixed IT for seed with k8s >= 1.27 as control cluster by @piyuagr [#869]
• [OPERATOR] The default machine-safety-orphan-vms-period has been reduced from 30m to 15m. by @elankath [#866]

📖 Documentation

• [DEVELOPER] Phase transition diagram for a machine object is added to FAQs by @himanshu-kun [#886]

Docker Images

• machine-controller-manager: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/machine-controller-manager:v0.51.0