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## Changelog since v1.17.7

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed: log timestamps now include trailing zeros to maintain a fixed width ([#91207](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91207), [@iamchuckss](https://github.com/iamchuckss)) [SIG Apps and Node]

### Bug or Regression

  * "routeTableCacheTTLInSeconds"
* Fixes kube-proxy when EndpointSlice feature gate is enabled on Windows. ([#86016](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86016), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott))
* Fixes wrong validation result of NetworkPolicy PolicyTypes ([#85747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85747), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn))

 *  **Cache improvements.** This release fixes some severe cache problems
    including a bug where the cache could be corrupted upon certain access
    patterns. We also fixed a bug where the cache was being cleared due to a
    corrupted journal. We've added APIs to configure a request's `Cache-Control`
    headers, and to manually clear the cache.

 *  **Request cancellation fixes.** This update fixes a bug where synchronous

* [fluentd-gcp-scaler addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to 0.4 to pick up security fixes. ([#67691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67691), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
    * [prometheus-to-sd addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to 0.3.1 to pick up security fixes, bug fixes and new features.
    * [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.

    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to v0.5.1 to pick up security fixes.
    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump event-exporter to v0.2.4 to pick up security fixes.
    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to v0.5.0 to pick up security fixes.

    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to v0.5.1 to pick up security fixes.
    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump event-exporter to v0.2.4 to pick up security fixes.
    * [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to v0.5.0 to pick up security fixes.

* [fluentd-gcp-scaler addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to 0.4 to pick up security fixes. ([#67691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67691), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
    * [prometheus-to-sd addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to 0.3.1 to pick up security fixes, bug fixes and new features.
    * [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.

* Use GCE metadata proxy v0.1.4-r1 to pick up security fixes. ([#60245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60245), [@ihmccreery](https://github.com/ihmccreery))
* Fixes storage e2e test failures in GKE regional clusters. ([#61303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61303), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))

* [fluentd-gcp-scaler addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to 0.4 to pick up security fixes. ([#67691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67691), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
    * [prometheus-to-sd addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to 0.3.1 to pick up security fixes, bug fixes and new features.
    * [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.