- Kube-proxy in iptables mode now has separate `sync_full_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`
  and `sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing
  `sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`), to give better information about how long
  each sync type is taking, rather than only giving a weighted average of the two

- GCE Internal LoadBalancer sync loop will now release the ILB IP address upon sync failure. An error in ILB forwarding rule creation will no longer leak IP addresses. ([#97740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97740), [@prameshj](https://github.com/prameshj)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]...

## Changelog since v1.9.4

### Other notable changes

* gce: fixes race condition in ServiceController, where nodes weren't updated in the node sync loop, by updating TargetPools in the ensureExternalLoadBalancer call. ([#58368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58368), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

- Fixed bug in CPUManager with race on container map access ([#97427](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97427), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.14.0 → v0.16.0
- golang.org/x/mod: v0.12.0 → v0.14.0
- golang.org/x/net: v0.17.0 → v0.19.0
- golang.org/x/sync: v0.3.0 → v0.5.0
- golang.org/x/sys: v0.13.0 → v0.15.0
- golang.org/x/term: v0.13.0 → v0.15.0
- golang.org/x/text: v0.13.0 → v0.14.0
- golang.org/x/tools: v0.12.0 → v0.16.1

### Removed
_Nothing has changed._

    * The vSphere cloud provider has a cleanup function with a loop,
    * inside of which a write lock was intended to prevent races against
    * VM creation, but the usage of the sync.RWMutex type is incorrect,
    * plus is placed in a defer call so the locking is effectively
    * nonexistent.  This patch adds an anonymous function call inside

## Changelog since v1.8.9

### Other notable changes

* gce: fixes race condition in ServiceController, where nodes weren't updated in the node sync loop, by updating TargetPools in the ensureExternalLoadBalancer call. ([#58368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58368), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

* Fix tests to use fsync instead of sync ([#69755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69755), [@mrunalp](https://github.com/mrunalp))

- Fixed bug in CPUManager with race on container map access ([#97427](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97427), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node]

- In "large" clusters, kube-proxy in iptables mode will now sometimes
  leave unused rules in iptables for a while (up to `--iptables-sync-period`)
  before deleting them. This improves performance by not requiring it to
  check for stale rules on every sync. (In smaller clusters, it will still
  remove unused rules immediately once they are no longer used.)