*   Add-on manager now supports HA masters. ([#55466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55466),[ #55782](https://github.com/x13n),[ @x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
*   Hyperkube can now run from a non-standard path. ([#54570](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54570))

#### **GCP**

* Allow disable outbound SNAT when Azure standard load balancer is used together with outbound rules.  ([#75282](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75282), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Added the same information to an init container as a standard container in a pod when using `PodPresets`. ([#71479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71479), [@soggiest](https://github.com/soggiest))

* client-go: alpha support for out-of-tree exec-based credential providers. For example, a cloud provider could create their own authentication system rather than using the standard authentication provided with Kubernetes. ([#59495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59495), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

the kubelet will provision a token with the given audience bound to the current pod and its service account. This KSA token along with required annotations on the KSA defined in configuration will be sent to the credential provider plugin via its standard input (along with the image information that is already sent today). The KSA annotations to be sent are configurable in the kubelet credential provider configuration. ([#128372](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128372), [@aramase](h...

  /**
   * For Last-Modified and Date headers, we should echo the date back in the exact format we were
   * served.
   */
  @Test
  fun retainServedDateFormat() {
    // Serve a response with a non-standard date format that OkHttp supports.
    val lastModifiedDate = Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(-1))
    val servedDate = Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(-2))

### Cloud Provider

- When a load balancer type service is created in a k8s cluster that is backed by Azure Standard Load Balancer, the corresponding load balancer rule added in the Azure Standard Load Balancer would now have the "EnableTcpReset" property set to true. ([#80624](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80624), [@xuto2](https://github.com/xuto2))

    The plugins are being updated to resolve this issue ([#43488](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43488)).
    You can disable CRI explicitly (`--enable-cri=false`) as a
    temporary workaround.
      * The standard `bridge` plugin have been validated to interoperate with
         the new CRI + CNI code path.
      * If you are using plugins other than `bridge`, make sure you have

## Deprecations and Removals

- kubectl

- Exec plugin authors can override default handling of standard input via new `interactiveMode` kubeconfig field. ([#99310](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99310), [@ankeesler](https://github.com/ankeesler))