Draft: SKIP UPDATE CHECK Update Helm release headlamp to v0.40.0 - autoclosed

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
headlamp (source)	minor	0.39.0 -> 0.40.0

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Release Notes

kubernetes-sigs/headlamp (headlamp)

v0.40.0: 0.40.0

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✨ Enhancements:

• Add icon and color configuration to clusters. Thanks to @​alexmathieu22
• Allow saving selected namespaces per cluster. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Add configurable keyboard shortcuts Thanks to @​alokdangre
• Add HTTPRoute support for Gateway API via new values and template. Thanks to @​hxrshxz
• Display a8r.io service metadata in service views. Thanks to @​mastermaxx03
• Make in-cluster context name configurable. Thanks to @​iamhalje
• Minimize activities blocking the main content when needed Thanks to @​joaquimrocha
• Add extraContainers field to Helm chart. Thanks to @​lszczepaniak-XM
• Add ability to specify topologySpreadConstraints in Helm chart. Thanks to @​irasnyd
• Add volume mounts on plugin helper sidecar. Thanks to @​martinbfrey
• Add meUserInfoURL to secrets template. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Improve French translation. Thanks to @​arthurphilippe
• Allow configuring log level via command line arg and environment variable. Thanks to @​aadhil2k4
• Add vertical snap positions for activities. Thanks to @​kahirokunn
• Add deeplink compatibility for viewing Pod logs. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Unauthenticated users can now follow deeplinks. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Add debugging ephemeral container support. Thanks to @​alexmathieu22

Appearance Configuration per cluster

Add service info from a8r.io metadata

🧩 Shipped Plugins

• Update shipped plugin Prometheus
  • Settings: Added a test connection button
  • Add i18n support
  • Upgrade kinvolk/headlamp-plugin to 0.13.1

🐞 Bug fixes

• Fix showing corrupt file on Mac. Thanks to @​mastermaxx03
• Fix checking for existing project names. Thanks to @​pallava-joshi
• Fix focus trapping when resource drawer is open. Thanks to @​pallava-joshi
• Fix MaxListenersExceededWarning. Thanks to @​greedy-wudpeckr
• Fix getMainAPIGroup undefined error. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Fix headlamp-plugin package failing on dist subdirectories. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Fix Deployment.yaml template. Thanks to @​mudit06mah
• Fix NameValueTable spacing issue. Thanks to @​alokdangre
• Fix ARIA labels for input fields. Thanks to @​vyncent-t
• Fix warning label color contrast. Thanks to @​vyncent-t
• Fix many a11y issues. Thanks to @​illume
• Implement ad-hoc signing for macOS arm64 to fix damaged app error. Thanks to @​mastermaxx03
• Quote OIDC_USE_PKCE value to ensure it's a string. Thanks to @​dihmandrake
• Fix package pattern in Helm chart release workflow. Thanks to @​onedr0p
• Fix CI failures. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Hide empty top bar overflow menu on small screens. Thanks to @​d1vyanshu-kumar

💻 Development

• Add AGENTS.md for AI-assisted development. Thanks to @​illume
• Add AGENTS.md to created plugins and bundle examples. Thanks to @​illume
• Add app/ development documentation and linting/formatting scripts. Thanks to @​illume
• Move yolossn from headlamp-reviewers to headlamp-maintainers. Thanks to @​yolossn
• Bump headlamp-plugin to 0.13.0 in example plugins. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Bump Storybook version in frontend plugins. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Bump tar to 7.5.7. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Update dependencies. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Add fast-check property tests for unit parsers. Thanks to @​illume
• Pin GitHub Actions by hash in draft-release workflow. Thanks to @​skoeva
• Skip chart release if it already exists. Thanks to @​sniok
• Remove unused frontend code. Thanks to @​skoeva

📖 Documentation

• Add ingress basic auth guide for in-cluster deployments. Thanks to @​aaryan359
• Add Quick Start for Contributors section to README. Thanks to @​TRIVENI206
• Add Talos to supported platforms. Thanks to @​alexmathieu22
• Fix Dex OIDC block indentation in values.yaml snippet. Thanks to @​archups

🛡️ Security

• Add @​illume and @​yolossn to SECURITY_CONTACTS. Thanks to @​illume

Full Changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/headlamp/compare/v0.39.0...v0.40.0

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