* <a href="https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/usage/types/extra_types/extra_types/" target="_blank"><code>pydantic-extra-types</code></a> - for extra types to be used with Pydantic.

*   GRS, RAGRS storage account types are now supported for Azure disks. ([#55931](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55931),[ @andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
*   Azure NSG rules are now restricted so that external access is allowed only to the load balancer IP. ([#54177](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54177),[ @itowlson](https://github.com/itowlson))

  // +optional
  optional bool readOnly = 4;
}

// Affinity is a group of affinity scheduling rules.
message Affinity {
  // Describes node affinity scheduling rules for the pod.
  // +optional
  optional NodeAffinity nodeAffinity = 1;

  // Describes pod affinity scheduling rules (e.g. co-locate this pod in the same node, zone, etc. as some other pod(s)).
  // +optional
  optional PodAffinity podAffinity = 2;

* Ensure the backend pools are set correctly for Azure SLB with multiple backend pools (e.g. outbound rules) ([#76691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76691), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

s://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/). Node affinity/anti-affinity allow you to specify rules for restricting which node(s) a pod can schedule onto, based on the labels on the node. Pod affinity/anti-affinity allow you to specify rules for spreading and packing pods relative to one another, across arbitrary topologies (node, zone, etc.) These affinity rules are now be specified in a new-in-1.6 `affinity` field of the PodSpec. Kubernetes 1.6 continues to support the alpha...

  
  Changed 'kubectl create secret --help' description. There will be a short introduction to the three secret types and clearer guidance on how to use the command. ([#117930](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117930), [@LronDC](https://github.com/LronDC)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Reduced time taken to sync proxy rules on Windows kube-proxy with kernelspace mode ([#110702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110702), [@daschott](https://github.com/daschott)) [SIG Network and Windows]

* Fix issue where masquerade rules are flushed in GCE k8s clusters. ([#56729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56729), [@dnardo](https://github.com/dnardo))
* kubelet: Fix bug where `runAsUser: MustRunAsNonRoot` strategy didn't reject a pod with a non-numeric `USER`. ([#56708](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56708), [@php-coder](https://github.com/php-coder))

* Provides compatibility of fields SizeLimit in types.EmptyDirVolumeSource since v1.7.8 ([#56505](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56505), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882))
* Fixes issue where masquerade rules are flushed in GCE k8s clusters. ([#56728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56728), [@dnardo](https://github.com/dnardo))