### Generic Ephemeral Volumes

* Ensures the conformance test image saves results before exiting when ginkgo returns non-zero value. ([#76039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76039), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))

- Added a kubelet socket which serves an grpc service containing the devices used by containers on the node. ([#70508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70508), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

- Sped up kubelet start time by executing an immediate runtime and node status update when the Kubelet sees that it has a CIDR. ([#67031](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67031), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

the body of any nested function.
</p>


<h3 id="Blank_identifier">Blank identifier</h3>

<p>
The <i>blank identifier</i> is represented by the underscore character <code>_</code>.
It serves as an anonymous placeholder instead of a regular (non-blank)
identifier and has special meaning in <a href="#Declarations_and_scope">declarations</a>,

- Reduce the number of calls to docker for stats via dockershim. For Windows this reduces the latency when calling docker, for Linux this saves cpu cycles. ([#104287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104287), [@jsturtevant](https://github.com/jsturtevant)) [SIG Node and Windows]

- The in-tree Azure plugin has been deprecated. The Azure kubelogin plugin serves as an out-of-tree replacement via the kubectl/client-go credential plugin mechanism.  Users will now see a warning in the logs regarding this deprecation. ([#107904](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107904), [@sabbey37](https://github.com/sabbey37))...

* StatefulSet controllers no longer force a resync every 30 seconds when nothing has changed. ([#75622](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75622), [@jonsabo](https://github.com/jonsabo))
* Ensures the conformance test image saves results before exiting when ginkgo returns non-zero value. ([#76039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76039), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))

- [`KT-42136`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-42136) NI: False positive [USELESS_CAST] when list serves to create a mutable list
- [`KT-41721`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-41721) SAM conversion fails on varargs with type approximated to Nothing

* Fixes an issue with kubelet-reported pod status on deleted/recreated pods. ([#86320](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86320), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kube-apiserver no longer serves the following deprecated APIs: ([#85903](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85903), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
  * All resources under `apps/v1beta1` and `apps/v1beta2` - use `apps/v1` instead