* Ensure the backend pools are set correctly for Azure SLB with multiple backend pools (e.g. outbound rules) ([#76691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76691), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

## Changelog since v1.8.11

### Other notable changes

* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

# Changelog since v1.17.9

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

# Changelog since v1.18.6

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

fronted by an L7 load balancer that already mitigates these http/2 attacks may choose not to enable the kube-apiserver mitigation to avoid disrupting load balancer → kube-apiserver connections if http/2 requests from multiple clients share the same backend connection. An API server on a private network may choose not to enable the kube-apiserver mitigation to prevent performance regressions for unauthenticated clients. Authenticated requests rely on the fix in golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 alone. https:...

* A buffered audit backend can be used with other audit backends. ([#60076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60076), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))

  - kube_apiserver_pod_logs_pods_logs_backend_tls_failure_total becomes kube_apiserver_pod_logs_backend_tls_failure_total
  - kube_apiserver_pod_logs_pods_logs_insecure_backend_total becomes kube_apiserver_pod_logs_insecure_backend_total ([#114497](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114497), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))

* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

Before upgrading to Kubernetes 1.13, you must keep the following in mind:

- kube-apiserver

    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to v0.5.0 to pick up security fixes.
    * [metatada-proxy addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd v0.5.0 to pick up security fixes.
* Ensure the backend pools are set correctly for Azure SLB with multiple backend pools (e.g. outbound rules) ([#76691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76691), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))