* Metadata Agent Improvements ([#66485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66485), [@bmoyles0117](https://github.com/bmoyles0117))
    * Bump metadata agent version to 0.2-0.0.21-1.
    * Expand the metadata agent's access to all API groups.
    * Remove metadata agent config maps in favor of command line flags.
    * Update the metadata agent's liveness probe to a new /healthz handler.
    * Logging Agent Improvements

### Other notable changes

* Metadata Agent Improvements ([#66485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66485), [@bmoyles0117](https://github.com/bmoyles0117))
    * Bump metadata agent version to 0.2-0.0.21-1.
    * Expand the metadata agent's access to all API groups.
    * Remove metadata agent config maps in favor of command line flags.
    * Update the metadata agent's liveness probe to a new /healthz handler.
    * Logging Agent Improvements

*   Add support for the shrinkage-type L2 to FtrlOptimizer in addition to the
    online L2 it already supports.
*   Fix negative variance in moments calculation.
*   Expand UniqueOp Benchmark Tests to cover more collision cases.
*   Improves stability of GCS filesystem on Mac.
*   Add time estimation to HloCostAnalysis.

* Metadata Agent Improvements ([#66485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66485), [@bmoyles0117](https://github.com/bmoyles0117))
    * Bump metadata agent version to 0.2-0.0.21-1.
    * Expand the metadata agent's access to all API groups.
    * Remove metadata agent config maps in favor of command line flags.
    * Update the metadata agent's liveness probe to a new /healthz handler.
    * Logging Agent Improvements

### Bug or Regression

- Fix error when trying to expand a volume that does not require node expansion ([#123055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123055), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

     */
    Integer getIndexNumberOfShardsAsInteger();

    /**
     * Get the value for the key 'index.auto_expand_replicas'. <br>
     * The value is, e.g. 0-1 <br>
     * comment: Auto expand replicas setting for the index.
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getIndexAutoExpandReplicas();

    /**

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.23.9 ([#131936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131936), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Do not expand volume on the node, if controller expansion is finished ([#132010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132010), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage]

</p>

<h3 id="Function_declarations">Function declarations</h3>

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	Given the importance of functions, this section has always
	been woefully underdeveloped. Would be nice to expand this
	a bit.
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<p>
A function declaration binds an identifier, the <i>function name</i>,
to a function.
</p>

<pre class="ebnf">

### Bug or Regression

- Fix error when trying to expand a volume that does not require node expansion ([#123055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123055), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

  in the namespace of the pod and a `kubelet_lifecycle_handler_http_fallbacks_total`
  metric in the kubelet is incremented. Cluster administrators can opt out of the
  expanded lifecycle handler capabilities by setting
  `--feature-gates=ConsistentHTTPGetHandlers=false` in `kubelet`.'
   ([#86139](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86139), [@jasimmons](https://github.com/jasimmons))