addition to `--grace-period=0`.  This prevents users from accidentally force deleting pods without being aware of the consequences of force deletion.  Force deleting pods for resources like StatefulSets can result in multiple pods with the same name having running processes in the cluster, which may lead to data corruption or data inconsistency when using shared storage or common API endpoints. ([#35484](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35484), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))...

### Feature

## Changelog since v1.20.4

## Changes by Kind

### Failing Test

- Fix handing special characters in the volume path on Windows ([#99008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99008), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed a regression introduced in 1.22.4 where Azure load balancers were not kept up to date with the state of cluster nodes. In particular, nodes that are not in the ready state and are not newly created (i.e. not having the `node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized` taint) now get removed from Azure load balancers. ([#109933](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109933), [@ricky-rav](https://github.com/ricky-rav)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

  
  For developers of out-of-tree PostFilter plugins, note that the semantics of NodeToStatusMap are changing: A node with an absent value in the NodeToStatusMap should be interpreted as having an UnschedulableAndUnresolvable status. ([#125197](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125197), [@gabesaba](https://github.com/gabesaba))

	err = c.validateIDPSettings(ctx, sites)
	if err != nil {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, err
	}

	// For this `add` API, either all clusters must be empty or the local
	// cluster must be the only one having some buckets.
	if localHasBuckets && nonLocalPeerWithBuckets != "" {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, errSRInvalidRequest(errors.New("only one cluster may have data when configuring site replication"))
	}

- kubeadm: use etcd's /health endpoint for a HTTP liveness probe on localhost instead of having a custom health check using etcdctl ([#81385](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81385), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Fixed a regression introduced in 1.23.0 where Azure load balancers were not kept up to date with the state of cluster nodes. In particular, nodes that are not in the ready state and are not newly created (i.e. not having the `node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized` taint) now get removed from Azure load balancers. ([#109932](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109932), [@ricky-rav](https://github.com/ricky-rav)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changelog since v1.18.16

## Changes by Kind

### Failing Test

- Fix handing special characters in the volume path on Windows ([#99138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99138), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong)) [SIG Storage]

### Bug or Regression

        * `workqueue_work_duration_seconds`
        * `workqueue_unfinished_work_seconds`
        * `workqueue_longest_running_processor_seconds`
        * `workqueue_retries_total`
* Fix inability to use k8s with dockerd having default IPC mode set to private. ([#70826](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70826), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin))