Merge branch 'release/8.40.0' #9097

Job	Run time
Sample macOS-Swift	2m 4s
Sample iOS13-Swift	1m 39s
Build XCFramework	17m 17s
Sample watchOS-Swift WatchKit App	3m 19s
Sample macOS-SwiftUI	3m 7s
Check no UIKit linkage (DebugWithoutUIKit)	55s
Release Build of iOS Swift	4m 24s
Check UIKit linkage (Debug)	1m 58s
Check UIKit linkage (Release)	2m 2s
Check no UIKit linkage (ReleaseWithoutUIKit)	1m 8s
Validate Swift Package Manager Dynamic	59s
Validate Swift Package Manager	1m 6s
Validate XCFramework	2m 8s
Build with Swift	1m 15s
	43m 21s

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