- Automatic allocation of NodePorts for services with type LoadBalancer can now be disabled by setting the (new) parameter

  not yet seen real-world use.)
  
  At this point it should be functionally mostly identical to the iptables
  mode, except that it does not (and will not) support Service NodePorts on
  127.0.0.1. (Also note that there are currently no command-line arguments
  for the nftables-specific config; you will need to use a config file if
  you want to set the equivalent of any of the `--iptables-xxx` options.)

- Extended the NodePorts scheduling plugin to consider hostPorts used by restartable init containers. ([#132040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132040), [@avrittrohwer](https://github.com/avrittrohwer)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Reorganized iptables rules to reduce rules in `KUBE-SERVICES` and `KUBE-NODEPORTS`. ([#96959](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96959), [@tssurya](https://github.com/tssurya))

* Fix bug with service nodeports that have no backends not being rejected, when they should be.  This is not a regression vs v1.5 - it's a fix that didn't quite fix hard enough. ([#43972](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43972), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))...

* fix formatAndMount func issue on Windows ([#63248](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63248), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fix issue of colliding nodePorts when the cluster has services with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#64349](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64349), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Added a kube-proxy flag (`--iptables-localhost-nodeports`, default true) to allow disabling NodePort services on loopback addresses. Note: this only applies to iptables mode and ipv4. ([#108250](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108250), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))

* Fix issue of colliding nodePorts when the cluster has services with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#64468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64468), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

* Fix container StartTime in the kubelet's stats/summary endpoint ([#64229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64229), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
* Fix issue of colliding nodePorts when the cluster has services with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#64468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64468), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

* Fix issue of colliding nodePorts when the cluster has services with externalTrafficPolicy=Local ([#64349](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64349), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))