return updatedAt, errServerNotInitialized
	}

	if !auth.IsAccessKeyValid(accessKey) {
		return updatedAt, auth.ErrInvalidAccessKeyLength
	}

	if auth.ContainsReservedChars(accessKey) {
		return updatedAt, auth.ErrContainsReservedChars
	}

	if !auth.IsSecretKeyValid(ureq.SecretKey) {
		return updatedAt, auth.ErrInvalidSecretKeyLength
	}

	case accountName == globalActiveCred.AccessKey || newGlobalAuthZPluginFn() != nil:
		// For owner account and when plugin authZ is configured always set
		// effective policy as `consoleAdmin`.
		//
		// In the latter case, we let the UI render everything, but individual
		// actions would fail if not permitted by the external authZ service.
		for _, policy := range policy.DefaultPolicies {
			if policy.Name == "consoleAdmin" {

* Deprecate OpenAPI spec for GroupVersion endpoints in favor of single spec /swagger.json ([#35388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35388), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))
* kubelet authn/authz ([#34381](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34381), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- The default delegating authorization options now allow unauthenticated access to healthz, readyz, and livez.  A system:masters user connecting to an authz delegator will not perform an authz check. ([#98325](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98325), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Cloud Provider and Scheduling]

### API Change

### SIG Auth

Work this cycle focused on graduating existing functions, and on making security functions more understandable for users.

### SIG Auth

- Kube-apiserver: Promoted the `StructuredAuthenticationConfiguration` feature gate to GA. ([#131916](https://github.com/kubernetes/...

### External credential providers

        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth1 =
                new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password1, NtlmPasswordAuthenticator.AuthenticationType.USER);

        assertEquals("DOMAIN", auth1.getUserDomain());
        assertEquals("user", auth1.getUsername());
        assertEquals("TypedPass123!", auth1.getPassword());
        assertFalse(auth1.isGuest());
        assertFalse(auth1.isAnonymous());