// The port number of the endpoint.
  optional int32 port = 2;

  // The IP protocol for this port.
  // Must be UDP, TCP, or SCTP.
  // Default is TCP.
  // +optional
  optional string protocol = 3;

  // The application protocol for this port.
  // This is used as a hint for implementations to offer richer behavior for protocols that they understand.
  // This field follows standard Kubernetes label syntax.

  This bug causes the conformance test "HostPort validates that there is no conflict between pods with same hostPort but different hostIP and protocol" to fail. ([#98838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98838), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Node]

### Bug or Regression

- Kubectl: Add `--use-protocol-buffers` flag to kubectl top pods and nodes. ([#96655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96655), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))

- AWS ELB health checks will now use HTTPS/SSL protocol for HTTPS/SSL backends. ([#70309](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70309), [@2rs2ts](https://github.com/2rs2ts))

### Azure

* fix parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix mixed protocol issue for azure load balancer ([#74200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74200), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Kube-apiserver: multiple comma-separated protocols in a single X-Stream-Protocol-Version header are now recognized, in addition to multiple headers, complying with RFC2616 ([#89857](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89857), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu)) [SIG API Machinery]

*   Load balancer reconciliation now considers NSG rules based not only on Name, but also on Protocol, SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix, DestinationAddressPrefix, Access, and Direction. This change makes it possible to update NSG rules under more conditions.  ([#55752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55752),[...

### API Change

- A CDIDevice field is included in the Device Plugin's `ContainerAllocateResponse`. This field maps to the CDIDevice field in the CRI protocol. ([#118254](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118254), [@elezar](https://github.com/elezar)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- ACTION_REQUIRED

- Promoted to conformance a test that verified that `Services` only forward traffic on the port and protocol specified. ([#120069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120069), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

* kubeadm: fixed nil pointer dereference caused by a bug in url parsing ([#74454](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74454), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))
* fix mixed protocol issue for azure load balancer ([#74200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74200), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))