- Azure Cloud Provider now supports using Azure network resources (Virtual Network, Load Balancer, Public IP, Route Table, Network Security Group, etc.) in different AAD Tenant and Subscription than those for the Kubernetes cluster. To use the feature, please reference https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/cloud-provider-azure/install/configs/#host-network-resources-in-different-aad-tenant-and-subscription. ([#88384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88384),...

- Fix Windows kube-proxy to prevent intermittent deletion of ClusterIP load balancers in HNS when internalTrafficPolicy=Local, ensuring stable service connectivity. ([#134032](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134032), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

### Bug or Regression

- An inefficient lock in EndpointSlice controller metrics cache has been reworked. Network programming latency may be significantly reduced in certain scenarios, especially in clusters with a large number of Services. ([#107169](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107169), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]

- Introduced a structured and versioned `v1alpha1` response format for the `flagz` endpoint. ([#134995](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134995), [@yongruilin](https://github.com/yongruilin)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Instrumentation, Network, Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- Fix Windows kube-proxy to prevent intermittent deletion of ClusterIP load balancers in HNS when internalTrafficPolicy=Local, ensuring stable service connectivity. ([#134031](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134031), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- EndpointSlice controllers are less likely to create duplicate EndpointSlices. ([#101763](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101763), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Apps and Network]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Updates konnectivity-network-proxy to v0.0.27. This includes a memory leak fix for the network proxy ([#107037](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107037), [@jdnurme](https://github.com/jdnurme)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.0.25 → v0.0.27

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy` subresource, specifically if a kubelet advertises a localhost or link-local address to the Kubernetes control plane. Configuring an egress proxy for egress to the cluster network can also mitigate this vulnerability.

**Affected Versions**:

- Fix Windows kube-proxy to prevent intermittent deletion of ClusterIP load balancers in HNS when internalTrafficPolicy=Local, ensuring stable service connectivity. ([#134033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134033), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#115919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115919), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]