few seconds. ([#50258](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50258), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* The OpenID Connect authenticator can now use a custom prefix, or omit the default prefix, for username and groups claims through the --oidc-username-prefix and --oidc-groups-prefix flags. For example, the authenticator can map a user with the username "jane" to "google:jane" by supplying the "google:" username prefix. ([#50875](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50875),...

- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. ([#98753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98753), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))
- Kube-apiserver: The OIDC authenticator no longer waits 10 seconds before attempting to fetch the metadata required to verify tokens. ([#97693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97693), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

- Fix a bug in cronjob controller where...

- Fix 1.28.0 regression where adding...

- Fix a bug in cronjob controller where...

Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to be redirected to the API Server through its private network.

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy`...

- Kube-apiserver now reports latency metric for JWT authenticator authenticate token decisions in the `apiserver_authentication_jwt_authenticator_latency_seconds` metric, labeled by jwtIssuer hash and result. ([#123225](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123225), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to be redirected to the API Server through its private network.

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy`...

Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to be redirected to the API Server through its private network.

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy`...

  - `alpha` support (guarded by the `ServiceAccountTokenPodNodeInfo` feature gate) for including the node name (and uid, if the node exists) as additional claims in service account tokens it issues which are bound to pods, and `authentication.kubernetes.io/node-name` and `authentication.kubernetes.io/node-uid` extra user info when the token is used to authenticate.