2B55..2B59    ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 5.2  HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE..HEAVY CIRCLED SALTIRE
2B5A..2B73    ; valid                  ;      ; NV8    # 7.0  SLANTED NORTH ARROW WITH HOOKED HEAD..DOWNWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW TO BAR
2B74..2B75    ; disallowed                             # NA   <reserved-2B74>..<reserved-2B75>

([#57926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57926), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* Check for known manifests during preflight instead of only checking for non-empty manifests directory. This makes the preflight checks less heavy-handed by specifically checking for well-known files (kube-apiserver.yaml, kube-controller-manager.yaml, kube-scheduler.yaml, etcd.yaml) in /etc/kubernetes/manifests instead of simply checking for a non-empty directory. ([#57287](https://github.com/kube...

* Tainted nodes by conditions as following: ([#49257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49257), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))
          * 'node.kubernetes.io/network-unavailable=:NoSchedule' if NetworkUnavailable is true

* Fix TestEventChannelFull random fail ([#76603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76603), [@changyaowei](https://github.com/changyaowei))
* `aws-cloud-provider` service account in the `kube-system` namespace need to be granted with list node permission with this optimization ([#76976](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76976), [@zhan849](https://github.com/zhan849))

* fixes an issue with multi-line annotations injected via downward API files getting scrambled ([#65992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kubeadm: run kube-proxy on non-master tainted nodes ([#65931](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65931), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

Kubernetes releases are now generating provenance attestation files describing the staging and release phases of the release process and artifacts are verified as they are handed over from one phase to the next.
This final piece completes the work needed to comply with Level 1 of the [SLSA security framework](https://slsa.dev/) (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts).

- `/test/e2e/framework`: Adds a flag `non-blocking-taints` which allows tests to run in environments with tainted nodes. String value should be a comma-separated list. ([#81043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81043), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))