// updated in the last sync.
	IPTablesRulesLastSync = metrics.NewGaugeVec(
		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
			Name:           "sync_proxy_rules_iptables_last",
			Help:           "Number of iptables rules written by kube-proxy in last sync",
			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
		},
		[]string{"table"},
	)

  to its pre-1.27 behavior of tracking the total number of iptables rules that
  kube-proxy is responsible for, rather than only counting the number of rules
  that it re-synced on the last sync. The new `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_last`
  metric now gives the latter number. ([#119140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119140), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network]