- Increase timeout for pod lifecycle test to reach pod status=ready ([#96691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96691), [@hh](https://github.com/hh))
- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. ([#98753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98753), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

* - kubeadm now supports "ci/latest-1.8" or "ci-cross/latest-1.8" and similar labels. ([#49119](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49119), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))

* [action required] The `MasterConfiguration` kind in the kubeadm v1alpha2 API has been renamed `InitConfiguration`...

 `http_request_size_bytes`
 `http_request_size_bytes_sum`
 `http_request_size_bytes_count`
 `http_requests_total, http_response_size_bytes`
 `http_response_size_bytes_sum`
 `http_response_size_bytes_count`

  - scrape_error --> scrape_error
  - node_cpu_usage_seconds_total --> node_cpu_usage_seconds
  - node_memory_working_set_bytes --> node_memory_working_set_bytes
  - container_cpu_usage_seconds_total --> container_cpu_usage_seconds
  - container_memory_working_set_bytes --> container_memory_working_set_bytes
  - scrape_error --> scrape_error 

- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. Prepare to increase the length limit to 256 bytes in 1.23 release. ([#101256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101256), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

- github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4: [v4.2.0](https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4/tree/v4.2.0)
- github.com/golang/snappy: [v0.0.3](https://github.com/golang/snappy/tree/v0.0.3)
- github.com/golangplus/bytes: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/golangplus/bytes/tree/v1.0.0)
- github.com/golangplus/fmt: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/golangplus/fmt/tree/v1.0.0)
- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.1.4](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/tree/v2.1.4)

  has to track the latest validated version of Docker. ([#107607](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107607), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Node]

- When using the conformance test image, a new environment variable `E2E_USE_GO_RUNNER` will cause the tests to be run with the new golang-based test runner rather than the current bash wrapper. ([#79284](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79284), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))

  - [Changelog since v1.23.6](#changelog-since-v1236)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-10)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-10)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-10)
    - [Added](#added-10)
    - [Changed](#changed-10)
    - [Removed](#removed-10)
- [v1.23.6](#v1236)