Prepare dev branch for VNext: Clear notes, update version to 4.1040.100 (#10976)

* Update version to 4.1040.100

* Clear release notes

Author: azfuncgh

release_notes.md

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-### Release notes
-
-<!-- Please add your release notes in the following format:
-- My change description (#PR)
--->
-- Introduced support for response compression, which can be enabled through explicit opt-in (#10870)
-- Add support for new FeatureFlag `EnableAzureMonitorTimeIsoFormat` to enable iso time format for azmon logs for Linux Dedicated/EP Skus. (#10684)
-- Allow sync trigger to happen in managed environment when `AzureWebJobsStorage` is not set (#10767)
-- Fixing default DateTime bug with TimeZones in TimerTrigger (#10906)
-- Adjusting the logic to determine the warmup call in placeholder simulation mode to align with the production flow (#10918)
-- Fixing invalid DateTimes in status blobs when invoking via portal (#10916)
-- Bug fix for platform release channel bundles resolution casing issue and additional logging (#10921)
-- Adding support for faas.invoke_duration metric and other spec related updates (#10929)
-- Added the option to exclude test data from the `/functions` endpoint API response (#10943)
-- Increased the GC allocation budget value to improve cold start (#10953)
-- Fixed bug that could result in "Binding names must be unique" error (#10938)
-- Fix race condition that leads the host to initialize placeholder (warmup) function in Linux environments (#10848)
-- Updating Azure.Core and OTel related packages, recording exception and retaining "Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs" logs  (#10965)
-- Update Python Worker Version to [4.36.1](https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-python-worker/releases/tag/4.36.1)
-- Update Java Worker Version to [2.19.0](https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-java-worker/releases/tag/2.19.0)
+### Release notes
+
+<!-- Please add your release notes in the following format:
+- My change description (#PR)
+-->

src/Directory.Version.props

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 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>4.1039.100</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>4.1040.100</VersionPrefix>
     <UpdateBuildNumber>true</UpdateBuildNumber>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>