*   You can now use a new supported service annotation for AWS clusters, `service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-ssl-negotiation-policy`, which lets you specify which [predefined AWS SSL policy](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/classic/elb-security-policy-table.html) you would like to use. ([#54507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54507),[ @micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))

* Reduce Metrics Server memory requirement from 140Mi + 4Mi per node to 40Mi + 4Mi per node. ([#58391](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58391), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

      - [Cluster Discovery/Bootstrap](#cluster-discoverybootstrap)
      - [Multi-platform](#multi-platform)
      - [Cloud Providers](#cloud-providers)
    - [Network](#network)
      - [network-policy](#network-policy)
      - [kube-proxy ipvs mode](#kube-proxy-ipvs-mode)
    - [API Machinery](#api-machinery)
      - [kube-apiserver](#kube-apiserver)
      - [Dynamic Admission Control](#dynamic-admission-control)

- The PodDisruptionBudget API has been promoted to policy/v1 with no schema changes. The only functional change is that an empty selector (`{}`) written to a policy/v1 PodDisruptionBudget now selects all pods in the namespace. The behavior of the policy/v1beta1 API remains unchanged. The policy/v1beta1 PodDisruptionBudget API is deprecated and will no longer be served in 1.25+. ([#99290](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

### CVE-2023-2728: Bypassing enforce mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin

- Upgrade Stackdriver Logging Agent addon image to 0.6-1.6.0-1...

- Windows CSI Support: Enabling containerized CSI node plugins in Windows via new [CSIProxy](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy)
- Recursive Volume Ownership OnRootMismatch Option: Add a new “OnRootMismatch” policy that can help shorten the mount time for volumes that require ownership change and have many directories and files.

### Other notable announcements

  - [Changelog since v1.28.8](#changelog-since-v1288)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2024-3177: Bypassing mountable secrets policy imposed by the ServiceAccount admission plugin](#cve-2024-3177-bypassing-mountable-secrets-policy-imposed-by-the-serviceaccount-admission-plugin)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)

### Promoted endPort in Network Policy to Stable

Promoted `endPort` in [Network Policy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/#targeting-a-range-of-ports) to GA. Network Policy providers that support `endPort` field now can use it to specify a range of ports to apply a Network Policy. Previously, each Network Policy could only target a single port.

- The legacy scheduler policy config is removed in v1.23, the associated flags `policy-config-file`, `policy-configmap`, `policy-configmap-namespace` and `use-legacy-policy-config` are also removed. Migrate to Component Config instead, see https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/scheduling/config/ for details. ([#105424](https://github.com/kubernete...