// The issuing authority of the web identity token presented. For OpenID Connect
	// ID tokens, this contains the value of the iss field. For OAuth 2.0 id_tokens,
	// this contains the value of the ProviderId parameter that was passed in the
	// AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity request.
	Provider string `xml:",omitempty"`

	// The unique user identifier that is returned by the identity provider.

initialization of nodes using external cloud providers now waits for the providerID value to be available before untainting it. This ensures that nodes are not declared Ready without necessary information such as the providerID and zone labels, which are required for integrations like load balancers to function correctly. Cloud providers that do not implement the GetInstanceProviderID method will not require the providerID to be set and will not fail to initialize the node for backward compatibility....

- [KCCM] service controller: change the cloud controller manager to make `providerID` a predicate when synchronizing nodes. This change allows load balancer integrations to ensure that  the `providerID` is set when configuring

- [KCCM] service controller: change the cloud controller manager to make `providerID` a predicate when synchronizing nodes. This change allows load balancer integrations to ensure that  the `providerID` is set when configuring

* Fixed an issue where Portworx volume driver wasn't passing namespace and annotations to the Portworx Create API. ([#59607](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59607), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* Node's providerID is following Azure resource ID format now when useInstanceMetadata is enabled ([#59539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59539), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))



# v1.8.8

- Service Controller: will now update load balancer hosts after node's `ProviderID` is
  updated. ([#120492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120492), [@cezarygerard](https://github.com/cezarygerard))

* In GCE with COS, increase TasksMax for Docker service to raise cap on number of threads/processes used by containers. ([#51986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51986), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))
* Fix providerID update validation ([#51761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51761), [@karataliu](https://github.com/karataliu))

* Map correct vmset name for Azure internal load balancers. ([#59747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59747), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- [KCCM] service controller: change the cloud controller manager to make `providerID` a predicate when synchronizing nodes. This change allows load balancer integrations to ensure that  the `providerID` is set when configuring

- Cloud node controller: handle empty providerID from getProviderID ([#95452](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95452), [@nicolehanjing](https://github.com/nicolehanjing)) [SIG Cloud Provider]