- github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2: [v2.2.0 → v2.3.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0)
- github.com/chzyer/readline: [2972be2 → v1.5.1](https://github.com/chzyer/readline/compare/2972be2...v1.5.1)
- github.com/cncf/udpa/go: [c52dc94 → 269d4d4](https://github.com/cncf/udpa/compare/c52dc94...269d4d4)

pkg io/fs, type ReadDirFile interface, Stat() (FileInfo, error)
pkg io/fs, type ReadFileFS interface { Open, ReadFile }
pkg io/fs, type ReadFileFS interface, Open(string) (File, error)
pkg io/fs, type ReadFileFS interface, ReadFile(string) ([]uint8, error)
pkg io/fs, type StatFS interface { Open, Stat }
pkg io/fs, type StatFS interface, Open(string) (File, error)

* Fix incorrect conflict errors applying strategic merge patches to resources. ([#43871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43871), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fix init container status reporting when active deadline is exceeded. ([#46305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46305), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.  Callers should switch to using `wait.PollUntilContextCancel`, `wait.PollUntilContextTimeout`, or `wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext` as appropriate.
  
  `PollWithContext(Cancel|Deadline)` will no longer return `ErrWaitTimeout` - use the `Interrupted(error) bool` helper to replace checks for `err == ErrWaitTimeout`, or compare specifically to context errors as needed. A future release will make the `ErrWaitTimeout` error private...

* [Federation][kubefed]: Use StorageClassName for etcd pvc ([#46323](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46323), [@marun](https://github.com/marun))
* Restrict active deadline seconds max allowed value to be maximum uint32 ([#46640](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46640), [@derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr))

- If the user specifies an invalid timeout in the request URL, the request will be aborted with an HTTP 400.
  - in cases where the client specifies a timeout in the request URL, the overall request deadline is shortened now since the deadline is setup as soon as the request is received by the apiserver. ([#96901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96901), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

is done for the related RBAC rules. The old format is now DEPRECATED and will be removed after the feature graduates to GA. When writing the ConfigMap kubeadm (init, upgrade apply) will respect the value of UnversionedKubeletConfigMap, while when reading it (join, reset, upgrade), it would attempt to use new format first and fallback to the legacy format if needed. ([#105741](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105741), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and...

- If the user specifies an invalid timeout in the request URL, the request will be aborted with an HTTP 400.
  - If the user specifies a timeout in the request URL that exceeds the maximum request deadline allowed by the apiserver, the request will be aborted with an HTTP 400. ([#96061](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96061), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery, Network and Testing]

* Add fallbacks to ARM API when getting empty node IP from Azure IMDS ([#69077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69077), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Deduplicate PATH items when reading plugins. ([#69089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69089), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- Kubelet: the following dockershim related flags are also removed along with dockershim `--experimental-dockershim-root-directory`, `--docker-endpoint`, `--image-pull-progress-deadline`, `--network-plugin`, `--cni-conf-dir`, `--cni-bin-dir`, `--cni-cache-dir`, `--network-plugin-mtu`. ([#106907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106907), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))