## Compliance Phase improvements

- Updated Chef InSpec to 5.22.40. ([#14200](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/14200))

  This update removes the dependency on the activesupport Gem by removing the `blank?` method. ([inspec/inspec#6916](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6916))


## Breaking changes

- Removed the deprecated `_blacklist` and `_whitelist` attributes. ([#14186](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/14186))

  These attributes were deprecated in Chef Infra Client 16.3 and replaced with blocklist and allowlist attributes. See the [attributes documentation](https://docs.chef.io/attribute_persistence/) for more information. 

## Packaging

- We are now building packages for Amazon Linux 2023 on `aarch64` and `x86_64` platforms. [#14228](https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/14228)