- Kubeadm: removed preflight check for existence of the conntrack binary, as conntrack is no longer a kube-proxy dependency in version 1.32 and newer. ([#126953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126953), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- `kube-proxy`: Added an option/flag for configuring the `nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal` sysctl (in the kernel's netfilter conntrack subsystem).  When enabled, `kube-proxy` will not install the `DROP` rule for invalid conntrack states, which currently breaks users of asymmetric routing. ([#120354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120354), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))

### Feature

- Fixes a regression introduced in 1.29 where conntrack entries for UDP connections
  to deleted pods did not get cleaned up correctly, which could (among other things)

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.SortedMap;

/**
 * Tests representing the contract of {@link SortedMap}. Concrete subclasses of this base class test
 * conformance of concrete {@link SortedMap} subclasses to that contract.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
// TODO: Use this class to test classes besides ImmutableSortedMap.
@GwtCompatible

   * byte-based hashcode. Otherwise it returns {@link HashCode#asBytes}. Do <i>not</i> mutate this
   * array or else you will break the immutability contract of {@code HashCode}.
   */
  byte[] getBytesInternal() {
    return asBytes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether this {@code HashCode} and that {@code HashCode} have the same value, given that

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Consumer;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.ThreadSafe;

/**
 * This interface forms the contract required for Mojos to interact with the Maven infrastructure.
 * It features an {@link #execute()} method, which triggers the Mojo's build-process behavior,
 * and can throw a {@link MojoException} if error conditions occur.
 *

  }

  private MinimalSet(Class<? super @NonNull E> type, E... contents) {
    super(type, true, contents);
  }

  /*
   * equals() and hashCode() are more specific in the Set contract.
   */

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
    if (object instanceof Set) {
      Set<?> that = (Set<?>) object;
      return (this.size() == that.size()) && this.containsAll(that);

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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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 */
package org.apache.maven.api.cli.mvnenc;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.cli.Invoker;
import org.apache.maven.api.cli.InvokerException;

/**
 * Defines the contract for a component responsible for invoking the Maven encryption tool.
 * This interface extends the general Invoker interface, specializing it for encryption-related operations.
 *

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
import org.apache.maven.api.services.MessageBuilderFactory;

/**
 * Defines the contract for parsing Maven command-line arguments and creating an InvokerRequest.
 * This interface is responsible for interpreting the command-line input and constructing
 * the appropriate {@link InvokerRequest} object.
 *