// NodeSystemInfo is a set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node.
message NodeSystemInfo {
  // MachineID reported by the node. For unique machine identification
  // in the cluster this field is preferred. Learn more from man(5)
  // machine-id: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/machine-id.5.html
  optional string machineID = 1;

  // SystemUUID reported by the node. For unique machine identification

	Close() error
}
</pre>

<p>
The name of each explicitly specified method must be <a href="#Uniqueness_of_identifiers">unique</a>
and not <a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a>.
</p>

<pre>
interface {
	String() string
	String() string  // illegal: String not unique
	_(x int)         // illegal: method must have non-blank name
}
</pre>

<p>

- CSI Migration: Fixes issue where all volumes with the same inline volume inner spec name were staged in the same path. Migrated inline volumes are now staged at a unique path per unique volume. ([#84754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84754), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

- Kubelet external Credential Provider feature is moved to GA. Credential Provider Plugin and Credential Provider Config APIs updated...

* GCE: Fixes ILB sync on legacy networks and auto networks with unique subnet names ([#53410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53410), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- CustomResourceDefinition schemas that use `x-kubernetes-list-type: map` or `x-kubernetes-list-type: set` now enable validation that the list items in the corresponding custom resources are unique. ([#84920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84920), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts)) [SIG API Machinery]
 
#### Configuration file changes:

#### kube-apiserver:

- kubelet: Resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique `ConfigMap/Secret` references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fix metrics API group name in audit configuration ([#53493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53493), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* GCE: Fixes ILB sync on legacy networks and auto networks with unique subnet names ([#53410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53410), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))