- Removed GA ServiceNodePortStaticSubrange feature gate. ([#124738](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124738), [@xuzhenglun](https://github.com/xuzhenglun))

     * the URL queue for the current thread is removed.
     *
     * @param urlQueue the URL queue to be set for the current thread, or null to remove the URL queue
     */
    public static void setUrlQueue(final UrlQueue<?> urlQueue) {
        if (urlQueue == null) {
            URL_QUEUE_THREAD_LOCAL.remove();
        } else {
            URL_QUEUE_THREAD_LOCAL.set(urlQueue);
        }
    }

- Removed general available feature-gate `DevicePluginCDIDevices`. ([#132083](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132083), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- Removed generally available feature-gate `PodDisruptionConditions`. ([#129501](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129501), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps]

- Removed general available feature-gate `AppArmor`. ([#129375](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129375), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Auth and Node]
- Removed generally available feature gate `KubeProxyDrainingTerminatingNodes`. ([#129692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129692), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Network]

   * network include {@code node}.
   *
   * <p>This is equal to the union of {@link #inEdges(Object)} and {@link #outEdges(Object)}.
   *
   * <p>If {@code node} is removed from the network after this method is called, the {@code Set}
   * {@code view} returned by this method will be invalidated, and will throw {@code
   * IllegalStateException} if it is accessed in any way, with the following exceptions:

   * this graph.
   *
   * <p>This is equal to the union of {@link #predecessors(Object)} and {@link #successors(Object)}.
   *
   * <p>If {@code node} is removed from the graph after this method is called, the {@code Set}
   * {@code view} returned by this method will be invalidated, and will throw {@code
   * IllegalStateException} if it is accessed in any way, with the following exceptions:

   * otherwise, this method returns false.
   */
  boolean remove(K key, long value) {
    return map.remove(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * Atomically remove {@code key} from the map iff its associated value is 0.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public boolean removeIfZero(K key) {
    return remove(key, 0);
  }

  /**

    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.35.0-rc.1](#v1350-rc1)
  - [Downloads for v1.35.0-rc.1](#downloads-for-v1350-rc1)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)

     * </ul>
     * Additionally, it strips invalid XML characters from the input string.
     *
     * @param value the input string to be escaped
     * @return the escaped XML string with invalid characters removed, or empty string if value is null
     */
    public static String escapeXml(final String value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }

            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the flag indicating whether duplicate terms should be removed.
         *
         * @param duplicateTermRemoved true if duplicate terms should be removed, false otherwise
         * @return the current instance of {@link TextNormalizeContext}
         */