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<h3 id="Characters">Characters</h3>

<p>
The following terms are used to denote specific Unicode character categories:
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<pre class="ebnf">
newline        = /* the Unicode code point U+000A */ .
unicode_char   = /* an arbitrary Unicode code point except newline */ .
unicode_letter = /* a Unicode code point categorized as "Letter" */ .
unicode_digit  = /* a Unicode code point categorized as "Number, decimal digit" */ .
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- Remove redundant API validation when using Service Topology with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#85346](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85346), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))
- Update github.com/vishvananda/netlink to v1.0.0 ([#83576](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83576), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))
- `-- kube-controller-manager`

*   Fixed a bug where the `client-gen` tag for code-generator required a newline between a comment block and a statement.  tag shortcomings when newline is omitted ([#53893](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53893)) ([#55233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55233),[ @sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* Use existing ABAC policy file when upgrading GCE cluster ([#40172](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40172), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Ensure the GCI metadata files do not have newline at the end ([#38727](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38727), [@Amey-D](https://github.com/Amey-D))

 - Fix IPVS compatibility issue with older kernels (< 3.18) where the netlink address family attribute is not set ([#90678](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90678), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle, Network and Testing]

* removes newline from json output for windows nodes [#72657](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72657) ([#72659](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72659), [@jsturtevant](https://github.com/jsturtevant))