* vSphere cloud provider: vSphere cloud provider code refactoring ([#49164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49164), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* `cluster/gke` has been removed. GKE end-to-end testing should be done using `kubetest --deployment=gke` ([#50338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50338), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))

- The `gcp` and `azure` auth plugins have been removed from `client-go` and `kubectl`. See [kubelogin](https://github.com/Azure/kubelogin) and [Kubectl Auth Changes in GKE](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/kubectl-auth-changes-in-gke) for details about the cloud-specific replacements. ([#112341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112341), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

### API Change

- The pause image list now contains Windows Server 2022. ([#104438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104438), [@nick5616](https://github.com/nick5616))
- The script `kube-up.sh` installs `csi-proxy v1.0.1-gke.0`. ([#104426](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104426), [@mauriciopoppe](https://github.com/mauriciopoppe))
- This PR adds the following metrics for API Priority and Fairness.

- The `gcp` and `azure` auth plugins have been removed from client-go and kubectl. See https://github.com/Azure/kubelogin and https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/kubectl-auth-changes-in-gke ([#110013](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110013), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

  - Base pricing of custom instances on their instance family type
  - Add pricing information for missing machine types
  - Add pricing information for different GPU types
  - Ignore the new `topology.gke.io/zone` label when comparing groups
  - Add missing stable labels to template nodes
  
  ### HuaweiCloud
  - Add auto scaling group support
  - Implement node group by AS

- Get-kube.sh uses the gcloud's current local GCP service account for auth when the provider is GCE or GKE instead of the metadata server default ([#88383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88383), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]