- Kubeadm: apply the "node.kubernetes.io/exclude-from-external-load-balancers" label on control plane nodes during "init", "join" and "upgrade" to preserve backwards compatibility with the lagacy LB mode where nodes labeled as "master" where excluded. To opt-out you can remove the label from a node. See #97543 and the linked KEP for more details. ([#98269](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98269),...

- Azure cloud provider now supports unmanaged nodes (such as on-prem) that are labeled with `kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false` and `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer=true` ([#67984](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67984), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) Courtesy of SIG Azure, and SIG Cloud Provider

- Do not include preemptor pod metadata in the event message ([#114923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114923), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Add flag "--include-uninitialized" to kubectl annotate, apply, edit-last-applied, delete, describe, edit, get, label, set. "--include-uninitialized=true" makes kubectl commands apply to uninitialized objects, which by default are ignored if the names of the objects are not provided. "--all" also makes kubectl commands apply...

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