### SIG Azure

* The Azure cloud provider now supports standard SKU load balancer and public IP.
`excludeMasterFromStandardLB` defaults to true, which means master nodes are excluded from the standard load balancer. Also note that because all nodes (except master) are added as loadbalancer backends, the standard load balancer doesn't work with the `service.beta.kubernetes.io/azure-load-balancer-mode` annotation.

  CVE-2021-29923 golang standard library "net" - Improper Input Validation of octal literals in golang 1.16.2 and below standard library "net" results in indeterminate SSRF & RFI vulnerabilities.

- Added the same information to an init container as a standard container in a pod when using `PodPresets`. ([#71479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71479), [@soggiest](https://github.com/soggiest))

* client-go: alpha support for out-of-tree exec-based credential providers. For example, a cloud provider could create their own authentication system rather than using the standard authentication provided with Kubernetes. ([#59495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59495), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

- Remove `kubernetes.io/grpc` standard appProtocol ([#116866](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116866), [@LiorLieberman](https://github.com/LiorLieberman)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]

*   Add-on manager now supports HA masters. ([#55466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55466),[ #55782](https://github.com/x13n),[ @x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
*   Hyperkube can now run from a non-standard path. ([#54570](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54570))

#### **GCP**

* Allow disable outbound SNAT when Azure standard load balancer is used together with outbound rules.  ([#75282](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75282), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- In GKE alpha clusters it will be possible to use the service annotation `cloud.google.com/network-tier: Standard` ([#88487](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88487), [@zioproto](https://github.com/zioproto)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

- Added `UserNamespacesPodSecurityStandards` feature gate to enable user namespace support for Pod Security Standards.
  Enabling this feature will modify all Pod Security Standard rules to allow setting: `spec[.*].securityContext.[runAsNonRoot,runAsUser]`.
  This feature gate should only be enabled if all nodes in the cluster support the user namespace feature and have it enabled.

- In GKE alpha clusters it will be possible to use the service annotation `cloud.google.com/network-tier: Standard` ([#88487](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88487), [@zioproto](https://github.com/zioproto)) [SIG Cloud Provider]