* Support kube-master-url flag without kubeconfig

   * Fix concurrent R/Ws in dns.go

   * Fix confusing logging when initialize server

   * Fix printf in cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go

   * Fix version on startup and `--version` flag

   * Support specifying port number for nameserver in stubDomains

#### kube-proxy

- Fixes a bug in the `k8s.io/cloud-provider/service`  controller, it may panic when a service is updated because the event recorder was used before it was initialized. All cloud providers should using the `v1.31.0` cloud provider service controller must ensure that the controllers is initialized before the informer start to process events or update it to the version 1.32.0. ([#128179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128179), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))...

- Updated google.golang.org/protobuf to `v1.33.0` to resolve `CVE-2024-24786`. ([#123758](https://g...

### Federation
* The --dns-provider argument of 'kubefed init' is now mandatory and does not default to `google-clouddns`. To initialize a Federation control plane with Google Cloud DNS, use the following invocation: 'kubefed init --dns-provider=google-clouddns' ([#42092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42092), [@marun](https://github.com/marun))

* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply to the new validation rule. ([#512...

## Changelog since v1.18.2

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression
 - An issue preventing GCP cloud-controller-manager running out-of-cluster to initialize new Nodes is now fixed. ([#90057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90057), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]

- `kubelet` , when using `--cloud-provider=external`, will now initialize the node addresses with the value of `--node-ip` , if it exists, or waits for the cloud provider to assign the addresses. ([#121028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121028), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply to the new validation rule. ([#512...

* Scale max-inflight limits together with master VM sizes. ([#73268](https://github.com/kubernete...

- The alpha `Initializers` admission plugin is no longer enabled by default. This matches the off-by-default behavior of the alpha API which drives initializer behavior. ([#66039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66039), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))