* AWS: Remove duplicate calls to DescribeInstance during volume operations ([#39842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39842), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* Caching added to the OIDC client auth plugin to fix races and reduce the time kubectl commands using this plugin take by several seconds. ([#38167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38167), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

* Move private key parsing from serviceaccount/jwt.go to client-go/util/cert ([#40907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40907), [@cblecker](https://github.com/cblecker))
* Caching added to the OIDC client auth plugin to fix races and reduce the time kubectl commands using this plugin take by several seconds. ([#38167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38167), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

- The AWS credential provider can now obtain ECR credentials even without the AWS cloud provider or being on an EC2 instance. Additionally, AWS credential provider caching has been improved to honor the ECR credential timeout. ([#75587](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75587), [@tiffanyfay](https://github.com/tiffanyfay))


### Azure

- Avoid caching the Azure VMSS instances whose network profile is nil ([#100948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100948), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

    }

    if (hashTableKToV.length < minCapacity) {
      int newTableSize = Hashing.closedTableSize(minCapacity, 1.0);
      hashTableKToV = createFilledWithAbsent(newTableSize);
      hashTableVToK = createFilledWithAbsent(newTableSize);

      for (int entryToRehash = 0; entryToRehash < size; entryToRehash++) {
        int keyHash = Hashing.smearedHash(keys[entryToRehash]);
        int keyBucket = bucket(keyHash);

 |
 |                 -t /path/to/user/toolchains.xml
 |
 |  2. Installation Level.
 |                 This toolchains.xml file provides configuration for all Maven
 |                 users on a machine (assuming they're all using the same Maven
 |                 installation). It's normally provided in
 |                 ${maven.installation.conf}/toolchains.xml.
 |

* The AWS credential provider can now obtain ECR credentials even without the AWS cloud provider or being on an EC2 instance. Additionally, AWS credential provider caching has been improved to honor the ECR credential timeout. ([#75587](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75587), [@tiffanyfay](https://github.com/tiffanyfay))

      addressAsLong = ByteBuffer.wrap(ip6.getAddress(), 0, 8).getLong();
    }

    // Many strategies for hashing are possible. This might suffice for now.
    int coercedHash = Hashing.murmur3_32_fixed().hashLong(addressAsLong).asInt();

    // Squash into 224/4 Multicast and 240/4 Reserved space (i.e. 224/3).
    coercedHash |= 0xe0000000;

 |
 |                 -s /path/to/user/settings.xml
 |
 |  2. Installation Level.
 |                 This settings.xml file provides configuration for all Maven
 |                 users on a machine (assuming they're all using the same Maven
 |                 installation). It's normally provided in
 |                 ${maven.installation.conf}/settings.xml.
 |

### Bug or Regression

- Avoid caching the Azure VMSS instances whose network profile is nil ([#100948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100948), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]