- File content check for IPV4 is now enabled by default, and the check of IPV4 or IPV6 is done for `kubeadm init` or `kubeadm join` only in case the user intends to create a cluster to support that kind of IP address family ([#115420](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115420), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave))

- [KCCM] service controller: change the cloud controller manager to make `providerID` a predicate when synchronizing nodes. This...

  * Flex volume driver deployment is simplified in the following ways:

    * New driver files can now be automatically discovered and initialized without requiring a kubelet or controller-manager restart.

    * A sample DaemonSet to deploy Flexvolume drivers is now available.

* [prototype] Volume snapshots

  * You can now create a volume snapshot by calling the Kubernetes API.

- Updated google.golang.org/protobuf to `v1.33.0` to resolve `CVE-2024-24786`. ([#123758](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123758), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Updated the sample-apiserver manifest example to include correct RBAC configurations. ([#123479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123479), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))

- A new `pod_status_sync_duration_seconds` histogram is reported at alpha metrics stability...

- `kube-proxy` now reports its health more accurately in dual-stack clusters when there are problems with only one IP family. ([#118146](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118146), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))