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- Fixed the issue where logging output of kube-scheduler configuration files included line breaks and escape characters. The output also attempted to output the configuration file in one section without showing the user a more readable format. ([#106228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106228), [@sanchayanghosh](https://github.com/sanchayanghosh)) [SIG Scheduling]

## Urgent Upgrade Notes

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

#### Cluster Lifecycle

- Container images tar files for `amd64` will now contain the architecture in the RepoTags manifest.json section.
  If you are using docker manifests there are not visible changes. ([#80266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80266), [@javier-b-perez](https://github.com/javier-b-perez))

* Fix failing load balancers in Azure ([#40405](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40405), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))
* Add a KUBERNETES_NODE_* section to build kubelet/kube-proxy for windows ([#38919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38919), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

- Kubeadm: add the `imagePullPolicy` field in the `nodeRegistration` section of `InitConfiguration` and `JoinConfiguration` in `v1beta3`. This allows the user to specify the image pull policy during "kubeadm init" and "kubeadm join". The value of this field must be one of `Always`, `IfNotPresent` or `Never`. The default behavior...

for some exec probes. Ensure that pods relying on this behavior are updated to correctly handle probe timeouts. See [configure probe](https://docs.k8s.io/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/#configure-probes) section of the documentation for more details.

  - This change in behavior may be unexpected for some clusters and can be disabled by turning off the `ExecProbeTimeout` feature gate. This gate will be locked and removed in future releases so...

## Changelog since v1.24.5

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Allow Label section in vsphere e2e cloudprovider configuration ([#112479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112479), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage and Testing]