* Using ipset doing SNAT and packet filtering in IPVS kube-proxy ([#54219](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54219), [@m1093782566](https://github.com/m1093782566))

- Added --authorization-always-allow-paths to components doing delegated authorization to exclude certain HTTP paths like /healthz from authorization. ([#67543](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67543), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* kubelet to master communication when doing node status updates now has a timeout to prevent indefinite hangs ([#52176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52176), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  - [Changelog since v1.26.0](#changelog-since-v1260)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [The PreEnqueue extension point doesn't work for Pods going to activeQ through backoffQ](#the-preenqueue-extension-point-doesnt-work-for-pods-going-to-activeq-through-backoffq)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should
  now be able to stop doing that. ([#92035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92035), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Node]

  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should
  now be able to stop doing that. ([#92035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92035), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Node]

- `KMSv1` is deprecated and will only receive security updates going forward. Use `KMSv2` instead. In a future release, Set `--feature-gates=KMSv1=true` to use the deprecated KMSv1 feature. ([#119007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119007), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

* Support for passing unknown provider names to the E2E test binaries is going to be deprecated. Use `--provider=skeleton` (no ssh access) or `--provider=local` (local cluster with ssh) instead. ([#70141](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70141), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

  earlier than that, possibly only with specific network plugins). If you were previously
  using ethtool to disable checksum offload on your primary network interface, you should
  now be able to stop doing that. ([#92035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92035), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Node]

- Alowed useful inclusion of `-args $prog_args` in KUBE_TEST_ARGS, when doing `make test-integration`. ([#107516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107516), [@MikeSpreitzer](https://github.com/MikeSpreitzer))