//                                                                        Small Helper
    //                                                                        ============
    /**
     * Verifies that the CRUD mode matches the expected mode.
     *
     * @param crudMode the current CRUD mode
     * @param expectedMode the expected CRUD mode
     * @param dictId the dictionary ID for error handling
     */

   * methods that do not take an explicit timeout value, a single test case is generated only if the
   * implicit timeout of that method matches the given timeoutsToUse. For example, enter() is
   * treated like enter(MAX, MILLIS) and tryEnter() is treated like enter(0, MILLIS).
   */
  private static void addTests(
      TestSuite suite,
      Method method,

    stoppingThread.join(1000);
    assertFalse("stopAsync has deadlocked!.", stoppingThread.isAlive());
    failLeave.countDown(); // release the background thread
  }

  /**
   * Catches a bug where when constructing a service manager failed, later interactions with the
   * service could cause IllegalStateExceptions inside the partially constructed ServiceManager.

    //                                                                        Small Helper
    //                                                                        ============
    /**
     * Verify that the CRUD mode matches the expected mode.
     * Throws validation error if modes don't match.
     *
     * @param crudMode The current CRUD mode
     * @param expectedMode The expected CRUD mode

    //                                                                        Small Helper
    //                                                                        ============
    /**
     * Verifies that the CRUD mode matches the expected mode.
     *
     * @param crudMode actual CRUD mode
     * @param expectedMode expected CRUD mode
     */
    protected void verifyCrudMode(final int crudMode, final int expectedMode) {

    //                                                                        Small Helper
    //                                                                        ============
    /**
     * Verifies that the CRUD mode matches the expected mode.
     *
     * @param crudMode the actual CRUD mode
     * @param expectedMode the expected CRUD mode
     */
    protected void verifyCrudMode(final int crudMode, final int expectedMode) {

              <validateOnly>true</validateOnly>
              <sourceLevel>1.8</sourceLevel>
              <!--
                To avoid "java.io.IOException: User limit of inotify watches reached" under JDK10.
                Presumably we don't need inotify, since we don't intend to change files during the
                build?
                -->

* Added a feature gate for the plugin watcher. ([#64605](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64605), [@vikaschoudhary16](https://github.com/vikaschoudhary16))

  
  - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/4911: Drop support for a very old, legacy style of patches. patches used to be allowed to be used as an alias for patchesStrategicMerge in kustomize v3. You now have to use patchesStrategicMerge explicitly, or update to the new syntax supported by patches. See examples in the PR description of https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/4911.

### Bug or Regression

- EndpointSlice IP validation now matches Endpoints IP validation. ([#101084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101084), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]