- Fixed an issue in the Windows kube-proxy (winkernel) where IPv4 and IPv6 Service load balancers could be incorrectly shared, causing broken dual-stack Service behavior. The kube-proxy now tracks load balancers per IP family, enabling correct support for PreferDualStack and RequireDualStack Services on Windows nodes. ([#136375](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/136375), [@princepereir...

    And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
      Has lasted the rest of my life.'

    `You are old,' said the youth, `one would hardly suppose
      That your eye was as steady as ever;
    Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose--
      What made you so awfully clever?'

    `I have answered three questions, and that is enough,'
      Said his father; `don't give yourself airs!

providers now waits for the providerID value to be available before untainting it. This ensures that nodes are not declared Ready without necessary information such as the providerID and zone labels, which are required for integrations like load balancers to function correctly. Cloud providers that do not implement the GetInstanceProviderID method will not require the providerID to be set and will not fail to initialize the node for backward compatibility. ([#123713](https://github.com/kubernetes...

    And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
      Has lasted the rest of my life.'

    `You are old,' said the youth, `one would hardly suppose
      That your eye was as steady as ever;
    Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose--
      What made you so awfully clever?'

    `I have answered three questions, and that is enough,'
      Said his father; `don't give yourself airs!

- Fix Windows kube-proxy to prevent intermittent deletion of ClusterIP load balancers in HNS when internalTrafficPolicy=Local, ensuring stable service connectivity. ([#134033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134033), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

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