Bump github.com/gardener/gardener from 1.78.0 to 1.79.0

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Bumps github.com/gardener/gardener from 1.78.0 to 1.79.0.

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v1.79.0

[gardener/gardener]

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• [DEVELOPER] uncachedObjects under pkg/client/kubernetes/options.go is now removed from Config struct which is used to set options for new ClientSets. Now the uncached objects can be directly set under clientOptions.Cache.DisableFor field. by @​ary1992 #8245

📰 Noteworthy

• [OPERATOR] The DisablingScalingClassesForShoots feature gate has been promoted to beta. by @​rfranzke #8428

✨ New Features

• [OPERATOR] Operators can now use the annotation gardener.cloud/operation=rotate-observability-credentials on the garden resource to rotate the observability credentials. by @​acumino #8393
• [OPERATOR] Configuring multiple reserve-excess-capacity deployments on Seeds is supported now by specifying .spec.settings.excessCapacityReservation.configs. by @​oliver-goetz #8356
• [USER] When the Kubernetes control plane version is at least v1.28, it is now possible to set the worker pool Kubernetes version to be at most three versions behind the control plane version. Earlier, only a skew of at most two versions was allowed. Find more details here. by @​shafeeqes #8402

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [OPERATOR] A bug has been fixed which was causing the garbage collector in gardener-resource-manager to wrongfully collect Secrets related to ManagedResources when the source and the target cluster are equal. by @​dimityrmirchev #8398
• [OPERATOR] An issue has been fixed which was causing a broken ControlPlaneHealthy condition report for Shoots when the MachineControllerManagerDeployment feature gate gets enabled until their next reconciliation. by @​rfranzke #8407
• [OPERATOR] Update Kubernetes dependencies (especially k8s.io/client-go) from v0.26.3 to v0.26.4 to resolve panic on working with special shoots. by @​MartinWeindel #8422

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Add Prometheus alert for pending seed pods by @​StenlyTU #8406
• [OPERATOR] The admission controllers of common provider extensions are automatically installed in the local extensions development setup by @​ScheererJ #8311
• [OPERATOR] The WorkerlessShoots feature gate has been promoted to beta and is now turned on by default. Before deploying this Gardener version, make sure that all your registered extensions support this feature gate. by @​acumino #8417
• [OPERATOR] The following image is updated:
  • quay.io/prometheus/alertmanager: v0.24.0 -> v0.26.0 by @​istvanballok #8408
• [DEVELOPER] The following dependencies are updated:
  • k8s.io/* : v0.26.4 -> v0.27.5
  • sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.14.6 -> v0.15.2 by @​ary1992 #8245

[gardener/apiserver-proxy]

🏃 Others

• [OPERATOR] Update golang base container image to 1.21.0. by @​dependabotgardener/apiserver-proxy#43
• [OPERATOR] Update alpine base image components to 3.18.3. by @​dependabotgardener/apiserver-proxy#42
• [OPERATOR] Removed apiserver-proxy pod webhook as it is now included in Gardener Resource Manager. by @​ScheererJgardener/apiserver-proxy#39
• [OPERATOR] Update gardener/gardener to 1.77.1. by @​dependabotgardener/apiserver-proxy#44

[gardener/vpn2]

📰 Noteworthy

• [OPERATOR] Update to golang v1.21 by @​ScheererJgardener/vpn2#42

Docker Images

admission-controller: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/admission-controller:v1.79.0 apiserver: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/apiserver:v1.79.0 controller-manager: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/controller-manager:v1.79.0 scheduler: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/scheduler:v1.79.0 operator: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/operator:v1.79.0 gardenlet: eu.gcr.io/gardener-project/gardener/gardenlet:v1.79.0

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Commits

• 7674ee2 Release v1.79.0
• 00365d6 Upgrade k8s.io/* to v0.27.5, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to `v0.15.2...
• 27bb801 Add Prometheus alert for pending seed pods (#8406)
• b45419f Promote DisablingScalingClassesForShoots feature gate to beta (#8428)
• 54b0182 Update v1.27 conformance test coverage (#8426)
• 48b5e51 Promote WorkerlessShoots feature gate to beta (#8417)
• d7bb5ae bump k8s.io/client-go to v0.26.4 (#8422)
• ef1717b Enhance Garden example (#8415)
• bc94ce9 care operations package refactoring (#8387)
• 7ce9dbb Upgrade alertmanager version (#8408)
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