* **[alpha]** Adds a new cloud-controller-manager binary that may be used for testing the new out-of-core cloudprovider flow.

### Node Components
* **[stable]** Init containers have graduated to GA and now appear as a field.
  The beta annotation value will still be respected and overrides the field
  value.

* Fixes issue where AAD token obtained by kubectl is incompatible with on-behalf-of flow and oidc. ([#86412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86412), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong))
    * The audience claim before this fix has "spn:" prefix. After this fix, "spn:" prefix is omitted.

- [`KT-59189`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59189) Analysis API: KtFirKDocReference.resolveToSymbols is slow
- [`KT-58125`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-58125) K2: LL FIR: `KtToFirMapping.getElement` is slow for `KtUserType`s due to on-air resolution of types

#### Fixes

   * **NOTE:** Self-hosting will be the default way to host the control plane in the next release, v1.9

* [alpha] A new `phase` subcommand supports performing only subtasks of the full `kubeadm init` flow. Combined with fine-grained configuration, kubeadm is now more easily consumable by higher-level provisioning tools like kops or GKE. ([#356](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/356), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

- Fixes issue where AAD token obtained by kubectl is incompatible with on-behalf-of flow and oidc. The audience claim before this fix has "spn:" prefix. After this fix, "spn:" prefix is omitted. ([#86412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86412), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]...

<p>
The primary expression
</p>

<pre>
a[low : high : max]
</pre>

<p>
constructs a slice of the same type, and with the same length and elements as the simple slice
expression <code>a[low : high]</code>. Additionally, it controls the resulting slice's capacity
by setting it to <code>max - low</code>. Only the first index may be omitted; it defaults to 0.

  - **apiserver_flowcontrol_watch_count_samples**: histograms of number of watches relevant to a given mutating request, broken down by that request's priority_level and flow_schema. ([#105873](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105873), [@MikeSpreitz...

- Fixed an issue blocking azure auth to prompt to device code authentication flow when refresh token expires. ([#102063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102063), [@tdihp](https://github.com/tdihp))

    end
    Note over dep: After yield
    opt Handle other exception
        dep -->> dep: Handle exception, can't change response. E.g. close DB session.
    end
```

The new execution flow can be found in the docs: [Execution of dependencies with `yield`](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/dependencies/dependencies-with-yield/#execution-of-dependencies-with-yield).

### Features

* Fixes issue where AAD token obtained by kubectl is incompatible with on-behalf-of flow and oidc. ([#86412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86412), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong))
    * The audience claim before this fix has "spn:" prefix. After this fix, "spn:" prefix is omitted.