never used.
</p>

<h3 id="Short_variable_declarations">Short variable declarations</h3>

<p>
A <i>short variable declaration</i> uses the syntax:
</p>

<pre class="ebnf">
ShortVarDecl = IdentifierList ":=" ExpressionList .
</pre>

<p>
It is shorthand for a regular <a href="#Variable_declarations">variable declaration</a>
with initializer expressions but no types:
</p>

}

// EnvVar represents an environment variable present in a Container.
message EnvVar {
  // Name of the environment variable. Must be a C_IDENTIFIER.
  optional string name = 1;

  // Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded
  // using the previously defined environment variables in the container and
  // any service environment variables. If a variable cannot be resolved,

- [`KT-56682`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56682) K2: False-negative UNINITIALIZED_VARIABLE on access to delegated property
- [`KT-56678`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56678) K2: False-negative UNINITIALIZED_VARIABLE if corresponding variable has initializer

    * If you are running E2E tests which require SSH keys and you utilize environment variables to override their location, you may need to modify the environment variable set. On all providers the environment variable override can now be either an absolute path to the key or a relative path (relative to ~/.ssh). Specifically the changes are:

* CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER environment variable will be used to populate notification banner in Kubernetes Dashboard add-on. ([#60639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60639), [@konryd](https://github.com/konryd))

- Added authorization check support to the CEL expressions of ValidatingAdmissionPolicy via a `authorizer`

* `hack/local-up-cluster.sh` now enables the Node authorizer by default. Authorization modes can be overridden with the `AUTHORIZATION_MODE` environment variable, and the `ENABLE_RBAC` environment variable is no longer used. ([#49812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49812), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### ConfigMap
* Volumes and environment variables populated from ConfigMap and Secret objects can now tolerate the named source object or specific keys being missing, by adding `optional: true` to the volume or environment variable source specifications. ([#39981](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39981), [@fraenkel](https://github.com/fraenkel))

### External credential provider for client-go

The client-go credential plugins can now be passed in the current cluster information via the `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable. Learn more about this on [client-go credential plugins documentation](https://docs.k8s.io/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins/).

### CronJob controller v2 is available through feature gate

- Alpha implementation of Kubectl Command Headers: SIG CLI KEP 859 enabled when KUBECTL_COMMAND_HEADERS environment variable set on the client command line. ([#98952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98952), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3))
- Base-images: Update to debian-iptables:buster-v1.4.0
  - Uses iptables 1.8.5