* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix issue when attempting to unmount a wrong vSphere volume ([#37413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37413), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- Removed the last remaining in-tree gcp cloud provider and credential provider.
  Please use the external cloud provider and credential provider from https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp
  instead. ([#124519](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124519), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, Autoscaling, Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Network, Node, Scheduling, Storage and Testing]

- Kubelet: The `--azure-container-registry-config` flag has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release, please use `--image-credential-provider-config` and `--image-credential-provider-bin-dir` to setup acr credential provider instead. ([#118596](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118596), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Node]

- The in-tree cloud provider for OpenStack (and the cinder volume provider) has been removed. Please use the external cloud provider and csi driver from [cloud-provider-openstack](https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack) instead. ([#67782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67782), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* vSphere cloud provider: Remove the dependency of login information on worker nodes for vsphere cloud provider. ([#43545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43545), [@luomiao](https://github.com/luomiao))

SIG-VMware development was primarily focused on fixing bugs for the in-tree cloud provider, starting the development of the external cloud provider and taking ownership of the cluster-api provider for vSphere.

In-tree cloud provider bug fixes and improvements included:
- Adding initial Zones support to the provider using vSphere Tags
- Improving the testing harness for the cloud provider by introducing vcsim for automated testing

        // When
        DfFinalTimeZoneProvider provider = curtainBeforeHook.createFinalTimeZoneProvider();

        // Then
        TimeZone first = provider.provide();
        TimeZone second = provider.provide();
        assertSame("Provider should return the same TimeZone instance", first, second);
    }

    public void test_createFinalTimeZoneProvider_toStringContainsTimeZoneId() {
        // When

import java.util.stream.Stream;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;

/**
 * Tests for {@link SmbAuthException}.
 *
 * These tests exercise the constructor and the mapping logic of
 * {@link SmbException#getMessageByCode(int)} and

import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
import org.mockito.Mockito;
import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;

/**
 * Tests for SMBProtocolDowngradeException covering all constructors and behaviors.
 */
@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
class SMBProtocolDowngradeExceptionTest {

    /**

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;

/**
 * Tests for {@link SmbComClose}.
 * <p>
 * All tests are written in the same package as the class under test so