Introduce Deployment freeze

[HuyPhanNguyen]

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Deployment Freezes in Octopus Deploy. This feature enables organizations to restrict deployments during specific periods, ensuring system stability and compliance with business requirements. In this PR, we introduce the deployment freezes feature that allows teams to define and enforce deployment restrictions based on various time patterns (daily, weekly, monthly, and annual). The feature helps prevent unwanted deployments during critical business periods and maintains system reliability when it matters most.

Release

2025.1

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[hnrkndrssn]

Screenshots should be using the light mode, not dark.

[IsaacCalligeros95]

A couple of minor suggestions, in general looks good. It's a bit more conversational in style than I've written posts in the past but we do aim for a conversational style so I'll leave that to Tegan's judgement. Nice work!