* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix panic in vSphere cloud provider ([#38423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38423), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

* 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))

        FessJsonResourceProvider provider1 = new FessJsonResourceProvider();
        FessJsonResourceProvider provider2 = new FessJsonResourceProvider();

        assertNotSame(provider1, provider2);

        // Both instances should have the same behavior
        assertEquals(provider1.isNullsSuppressed(), provider2.isNullsSuppressed());
        assertEquals(provider1.isPrettyPrintSuppressed(), provider2.isPrettyPrintSuppressed());

- Fix: set nil cache entry based on old cache ([#87592](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87592), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- The node annotation alpha.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip is no longer set ONLY when `--cloud-provider=external`.  Now, it is set on kubelet startup if the `--cloud-provider` flag is set at all, including the deprecated in-tree providers. ([#109794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109794), [@mdbooth](https://github.com/mdbooth)) [SIG Network and Node]

// or service credentials, mapped to all distinct roleARNs associated with the
// parent user. The dummy role ARN is associated with parent users from
// policy-claim based OpenID providers. The root credential as a parent
// user is not included in the result.
func (store *IAMStoreSys) GetAllParentUsers() map[string]ParentUserInfo {
	cache := store.rlock()
	defer store.runlock()

- Fix: consolidate logs for instance not found error (#105364, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore not a VMSS error for VMAS nodes in EnsureBackendPoolDeleted. (#105404, @ialidzhikov) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore the case when updating Azure tags (#104687, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]

        // Verify it's the same instance for all provider instances
        FessUserTimeZoneProcessProvider provider1 = new FessUserTimeZoneProcessProvider();
        FessUserTimeZoneProcessProvider provider2 = new FessUserTimeZoneProcessProvider();

        TimeZone tz1 = provider1.getRequestedTimeZone(requestManager);
        TimeZone tz2 = provider2.getRequestedTimeZone(requestManager);

        assertSame(tz1, tz2);

- The in-tree cloud provider for AWS (and the EBS storage plugin) has now been removed. Please use the external cloud provider and CSI driver from https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws instead. ([#115838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115838), [@torredil](https://github.com/torredil)) [SIG API Machinery,...

- Kubelet, when using cloud provider external, initializes temporary the node addresses using the --node-ip flag values if set, until the cloud provider overrides it. ([#121028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121028), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Node]