- Kubelet could be run with no Azure identity without subscriptionId configured now.
  A sample cloud provider configure is: '{"vmType": "vmss", "useInstanceMetadata": true}'. ([#81500](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81500), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Add fish shell completion to kubectl. ([#92989](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92989), [@WLun001](https://github.com/WLun001))
- Add mechanism to load simple sniffer class into fluentd-elasticsearch image ([#92853](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92853), [@cosmo0920](https://github.com/cosmo0920))
- Add support for Portworx plugin to csi-translation-lib. Alpha release
  

This release also contains a number of bug fixes to the feature set. Aspiring plugin authors can look at [sample-exec-plugin](https://github.com/ankeesler/sample-exec-plugin) as a way to get started.

### Documentation

- Updated the instructions for deploying the sample app. ([#82785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82785), [@ashish-billore](https://github.com/ashish-billore)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Failing Test

Each Cloud Provider is expected to ship their own instance of this binary. Details for a Cloud Provider to create an instance of such a binary can be found [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample). Anyone with questions on building a Cloud Controller Manager should reach out to SIG Cloud Provider. Questions about the Cloud Controller Manager on a Managed Kubernetes solution should go to the relevant Cloud Provider. Questions about the Cloud...

#### Azure

- Kubelet can now run without identity on Azure. A sample cloud provider configuration is:  `{"vmType": "vmss", "useInstanceMetadata": true, "subscriptionId": "<subscriptionId>"}` ([#77906](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77906), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Updated google.golang.org/protobuf to `v1.33.0` to resolve `CVE-2024-24786`. ([#123758](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123758), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Updated the sample-apiserver manifest example to include correct RBAC configurations. ([#123479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123479), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))

- **Federation**
  - [alpha] Creating a `Federated Ingress` is as simple as submitting
    an `Ingress` creation request to the Federation API Server. The
    Federation control system then creates and maintains a single
    global virtual IP to load balance incoming HTTP(S) traffic across

* Deprecate outofdisk-transition-frequency and low-diskspace-threshold-mb flags ([#41941](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41941), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
* Add OWNERS for sample-apiserver in staging ([#42094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42094), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Added `kubectl node drain` helper callbacks `OnPodDeletionOrEvictionStarted`
  and `OnPodDeletionOrEvictionFailed`; people extending `kubectl` can use these
  new callbacks for more granularity. Deprecated the `OnPodDeletedOrEvicted`