- For GCE cluster provider, fix bug of not being able to create internal type load balancer for clusters with more than 1000 nodes in a single zone. ([#89902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89902), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Network and Scalability]

- [KCCM] service controller: change the cloud controller manager to make `providerID` a predicate when synchronizing nodes. This change allows load balancer integrations to ensure that  the `providerID` is set when configuring
  load balancers and targets. ([#117452](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117452), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]

* Ensure ownership when deleting a load balancer security group ([#74311](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74311), [@hpedrorodrigues](https://github.com/hpedrorodrigues))
* kubelet: updated logic of verifying a static critical pod. ([#75144](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75144), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))