v1.5.42

What's Changed

• deps: bump github.com/containernetworking/plugins from 1.5.0 to 1.6.2 in /azure-ipam by @dependabot in #3327
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot in #3336
• backport: fix: prevent CNS hanging on HNS restart (#3343) by @rbtr in #3361
• backport: ci: increase goldpinger replicas from 4 to 8 and add topology constraints by @QxBytes in #3380
• deps: bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.36.2 to 1.36.4 by @dependabot in #3367
• deps: bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6 by @dependabot in #3378
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot in #3354
• deps: bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.61.0 to 0.62.0 by @dependabot in #3357
• deps: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.69.4 to 1.70.0 by @dependabot in #3364
• deps: bump golang.org/x/time from 0.9.0 to 0.10.0 by @dependabot in #3392
• deps: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0 by @dependabot in #3393
• deps: bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @dependabot in #3391
• [backport] ci: Unblock k8s 1.30 | ACN v1.6 testing (#3011) by @jpayne3506 in #3415
• deps: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by @dependabot in #3403
• chore: update windows base images for 1.5 by @rbtr in #3405
• deps: bump gotest.tools/v3 from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 by @dependabot in #3404

Full Changelog: v1.5.41...v1.5.42