Merge branch 'ashmckenzie/gitlab-shell-release-14-40-0' into 'main'

Release v14.40.0

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/-/merge_requests/1225



Merged-by: Igor Drozdov <idrozdov@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Patrick Bajao <ebajao@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Igor Drozdov <idrozdov@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Ash McKenzie <amckenzie@gitlab.com>