label: Container runtime (CRI) and version (if applicable)
      value: |
        <details>

        </details>

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    attributes:
      label: Related plugins (CNI, CSI, ...) and versions (if applicable)
      value: |
        <details>

         the new CRI + CNI code path.
      * If you are using plugins other than `bridge`, make sure you have
        updated custom plugins to the latest version that is compatible.
* **CNI plugins now affect node readiness**
  * Kubelet will now block node readiness until a CNI configuration file is
    present in `/etc/cni/net.d` or a given custom CNI configuration path.

- Update CNI plugins to v0.8.7 ([#94367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94367), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Network, Node, Release and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Added

- Traffic shaping is now supported for the CNI network driver. ([#63194](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63194), [@m1093782566](https://github.com/m1093782566))

* Added new kubelet flags `--cni-bin-dir` and `--cni-conf-dir` to specify where CNI files are located. ([#32151](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32151), [@bboreham](https://github.com/bboreham))
    * Fixed CNI configuration on GCI platform when using CNI.

* Added new kubelet flags `--cni-bin-dir` and `--cni-conf-dir` to specify where CNI files are located. ([#32151](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32151), [@bboreham](https://github.com/bboreham))
    * Fixed CNI configuration on GCI platform when using CNI.

- Update CNI plugins to v0.8.7 ([#94367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94367), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Network, Node, Release and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Added

* kubelet's `--cni-bin-dir` option now accepts multiple comma-separated CNI binary directory paths, which are searched for CNI plugins in the given order. ([#58714](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58714), [@dcbw](https://github.com/dcbw))

    *   Support for the iptables kube-proxy backend using ip6tables.
    *   Relies on CNI 0.6.0 binaries for IPv6 pod networking.
    *   Adds IPv6 support for kube-dns using SRV records.
    *   Caveats
        *   Only the CNI bridge and local-ipam plugins have been tested for the alpha release, although other CNI plugins do support IPv6.
        *   HostPorts are not supported.

* kubelet now accepts a --cni-cache-dir option, which defaults to /var/lib/cni/cache, where CNI stores cache files. ([#78908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78908), [@dcbw](https://github.com/dcbw))