* No longer updates the last-applied-configuration annotation when --save-config is unspecified or false. ([#41924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41924), [@ymqytw](https://github.com/ymqytw))
  * Fixes issue that caused apply to revert changes made by edit

#### Bug fixes

apiServerExtraArgs:
  cloud-provider: "{cloud}"
  cloud-config: "{cloud-config-path}"
apiServerExtraVolumes:
- name: cloud
  hostPath: "{cloud-config-path}"
  mountPath: "{cloud-config-path}"
controllerManagerExtraArgs:
  cloud-provider: "{cloud}"
  cloud-config: "{cloud-config-path}"
controllerManagerExtraVolumes:
- name: cloud
  hostPath: "{cloud-config-path}"
  mountPath: "{cloud-config-path}"
```

### Bug or Regression

- Bump system-validators to v1.9.2: remove version-specific cgroup kernel config checks to avoid false failures on cgroup v2 systems when v1-only configs are missing. ([#134086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134086), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Promoted the `APIServerTracing` feature gate to GA. The `--tracing-config-file` flag accepted `TracingConfiguration` in version `apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1` (with no changes from `apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1beta1`). ([#132340](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132340), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]