Release v1.40.0

[BernieWhite]

PR Summary

What's changed since v1.39.3:

• New features:
  • Added support for expanding from .jsonc parameter files by @BernieWhite.
    #2053
    • Previously only parameter files with the .json extension where automatically expanded.
    • This feature adds support so that JSON parameter files with the .jsonc extension are also discovered and expanded.
    • No additional configuration is required if expansion of JSON parameter files is enabled.
    • To enable parameter file expansion set the AZURE_PARAMETER_FILE_EXPANSION configuration option to true.
• Updated rules:
  • Deployment:
    • Updated Azure.Deployment.SecureValue to check additional resource types by @BernieWhite.
      #2650
      #2651
      • Added support for container apps secret properties.
      • Added support for deployment script secret properties.
      • Bumped rule set to 2024_12.
    • Updated Azure.Deployment.SecureParameter to reduce false positives by @BernieWhite.
      #3149
      • Parameters named ending with name, uri, url, path, type, id, or options are ignored.
      • The customerManagedKey parameter is ignored.
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
    • Updated Azure.DefenderCloud.Contact to use emails property and removed phone by @BernieWhite.
      #3117
      • Renamed rule to Azure.Defender.SecurityContact to better align with naming for defender rules.
      • Bumped rule set to 2024_12.
• General improvements:
  • Added first time contributor guide in docs by @that-ar-guy.
    #3097
  • Additional quality updates to documentation by @BernieWhite.
    #3102
• Engineering:
  • Quality updates to rule documentation by @BernieWhite.
    #3102
  • Migrated Azure samples into PSRule for Azure by @BernieWhite.
    #3085
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed evaluation of APIM policies when using embedded C# with quotes by @BernieWhite.
    #3184
  • Fixed resource group ID is incorrect under subscription scope by @BernieWhite.
    #3198
  • Fixed object to hashtable conversion for default parameter values by @BernieWhite.
    #3033
  • Fixed deployments with more than one module at tenant scope by @BernieWhite.
    #3167
  • Fixed projection of default role authorization property principalType by @BernieWhite.
    #3163
  • Fixed user defined function not found when used as parameter default by @BernieWhite.
    #3169
  • Fixed evaluation of Azure.NSG.LateralTraversal with empty string properties by @BernieWhite.
    #3130
  • Fixed evaluation of Azure.Deployment.AdminUsername with symbolic references by @BernieWhite.
    #3146
  • Fixed output map expansion with resource IDs by @BernieWhite.
    #3153

What's changed since pre-release v1.40.0-B0206:

• No additional changes.

PR Checklist

• PR has a meaningful title
• Summarized changes
• Change is not breaking
• This PR is ready to merge and is not Work in Progress