The default `machine-safety-orphan-vms-period` has been reduced from 30m to 15m.
machine controller won't reconcile machine on non-spec update events
Fix for edge case of Node object deletion missed during machine termination.
MCM restart happens properly in integration tests now. This fix will get activated, once this version is vendored in your mcm-provider
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.
fixed IT for seed with k8s >= 1.27 as control cluster
Removes `node.machine.sapcloud.io/not-managed-by-mcm` annotation from nodes managed by the MCM.
Bump `k8s.io/*` deps to `v0.28.2`
Phase transition diagram for a machine object is added to FAQs
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