- kube-proxy: os exit when CleanupAndExit is set to true ([#76732](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76732), [@JieJhih](https://github.com/JieJhih))
- Kubernetes will now allow trailing dots in the externalName of Services of type ExternalName. ([#78385](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78385), [@thz](https://github.com/thz))

### Node

### Node Components
* Kubelet config should ignore file start with dots.
  ([#39196](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39196), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))
* Bump GCI to gci-stable-56-9000-84-2.
  ([#41819](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41819),

  * Fix a bug where Kubelet does not ignore pod manifest files starting with dots ([#45111](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45111), [@dwradcliffe](https://github.com/dwradcliffe))

- `StatefulSet` names must be DNS labels, rather than subdomains. Any `StatefulSet`
  which took advantage of subdomain validation (by having dots in the name) can't
  possibly have worked, because we eventually set `pod.spec.hostname` from the `StatefulSetName`,

enabled.([#51436](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51436))

* [Action required] The validation rule for metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name must contain at least three segments, separated by dots. You can create objects with pending initializers and not rely on the API server to add pending initializers according to `initializerConfiguration`. If you do so, update the initializer name in the existing objects and the configuration files to comply...

p\xe4eva",M:sn,MM:sn,y:sn,yy:sn},dayOfMonthOrdinalParse:/\d{1,2}\./,ordinal:"%d.",week:{dow:1,doy:4}}),M.defineLocale("eu",{months:"urtarrila_otsaila_martxoa_apirila_maiatza_ekaina_uztaila_abuztua_iraila_urria_azaroa_abendua".split("_"),monthsShort:"urt._ots._mar._api._mai._eka._uzt._abu._ira._urr._aza._abe.".split("_"),monthsParseExact:!0,weekdays:"igandea_astelehena_asteartea_asteazkena_osteguna_ostirala_larunbata".split("_"),weekdaysShort:"ig._al._ar._az._og._ol._lr.".split("_"),weekdaysMin:"ig_al_...

* 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...

- Generating informers for packages in directories containing dots in their name is broken. This will be fixed in v1.16.1. ([#82860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/82860))

### Internal

* 👷 Update FastAPI People to exclude bots: pre-commit-ci, dependabot. PR [#5586](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/5586) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).