- Migrated `pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/cloud_cidr_allocator.go, pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/multi_cidr_range_allocator.go pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/range_allocator.go pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go` to structured logging ([#112670](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112670), [@yangjunmyfm192085](http...

* vSphere Cloud Provider supports VMs provisioned on vSphere v1.6.5 ([#59519](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59519), [@abrarshivani](https://github.com/abrarshivani))
* Allow node IPAM controller to configure IPAMFromCluster mode to use IP aliases instead of routes in GCP. ([#59688](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59688), [@jingax10](https://github.com/jingax10))

### Other notable changes

* Backport of the IPAM allocator enhancements to 1.8 branch. ([#62041](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62041), [@satyasm](https://github.com/satyasm))

* Support custom test configuration for IPAM performance integration tests ([#61959](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61959), [@satyasm](https://github.com/satyasm))

* Fix memory cgroup notifications, and reduce associated log spam. ([#63220](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63220), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Reduce event spam during a volume operation error. ([#89794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89794), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]


# v1.17.4

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

- cloud.google.com/go/gkeconnect: v0.7.0
- cloud.google.com/go/gkehub: v0.12.0
- cloud.google.com/go/gkemulticloud: v0.5.0
- cloud.google.com/go/gsuiteaddons: v1.5.0
- cloud.google.com/go/iam: v0.13.0
- cloud.google.com/go/iap: v1.7.1
- cloud.google.com/go/ids: v1.3.0
- cloud.google.com/go/iot: v1.6.0
- cloud.google.com/go/kms: v1.10.1
- cloud.google.com/go/language: v1.9.0

- Kubectl: Fixes bug by aggregating 'apply' errors instead of failing after first error ([#89607](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89607), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3)) [SIG CLI and Testing]
- Reduce event spam during a volume operation error. ([#89796](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89796), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]


# v1.18.0

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

* fix race condition when attach azure disk in vmss ([#71992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71992), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Reduce CSI log and event spam. ([#71581](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71581), [@saad-ali](https://github.com/saad-ali))

- `client-go` event library allows customizing spam filtering function. 
  It is now possible to override `SpamKeyFunc`, which is used by event filtering to detect spam in the events. ([#103918](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103918), [@olagacek](https://github.com/olagacek))