* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Print `<default>` as the value in case kubectl describe ingress shows `default-backend:80` when no default backend is present ([#108506](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108506), [@jlsong01](https://github.com/jlsong01))

### Internal Storage Layer
* upgrade to etcd3 prior to upgrading to 1.6 **OR** explicitly specify `--storage-backend=etcd2 --storage-media-type=application/json` when starting the apiserver

### Node Components
* **Kubelet with the Docker-CRI implementation**
  * The Docker-CRI implementation is enabled by default.

## Changelog since v1.23.12

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Azure: Skip "instance not found" error for LB backend address pools ([#111428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111428), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changelog since v1.16.13

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changelog since v1.8.11

### Other notable changes

* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

// deleted/overwritten version. This version is visible _only_to the scanner routine, for subsequent deletion.
// This kind of tracking is necessary since a version's tiered content is deleted asynchronously.

// Backend directory tree structure:
// disk1/
// └── bucket
//     └── object
//         ├── a192c1d5-9bd5-41fd-9a90-ab10e165398d
//         │   └── part.1
//         ├── c06e0436-f813-447e-ae5e-f2564df9dfd4

  - `spec.backend` -> `spec.defaultBackend`
  - `serviceName` -> `service.name`
  - `servicePort` -> `service.port.name` (for string values)
  - `servicePort` -> `service.port.number` (for numeric values)
  - `pathType` no longer has a default value in v1; "Exact", "Prefix", or "ImplementationSpecific" must be specified

  Other Ingress API updates:
  - backends can now be resource or service backends

* fix detach azure disk back off issue which has too big lock in failure retry condition ([#76573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76573), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Ensure the backend pools are set correctly for Azure SLB with multiple backend pools (e.g. outbound rules) ([#76691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76691), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

# Changelog since v1.17.9

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]