- Kube-proxy handles Terminating EndpointSlices conditions and enables zero downtime deployments for Services with ExternalTrafficPolicy=Local author: @andrewsykim ([#117718](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117718), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG...

- Fix EndpointSlice controller race condition and ensure that it handles external changes to EndpointSlices. ([#85703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85703), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]

* GCE: Bump GLBC version to [0.9.7](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress/releases/tag/0.9.7). ([#53625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53625), [@nikhiljindal](https://github.com/nikhiljindal))
* kubeadm 1.8 now properly handles upgrades from to 1.7.x to newer release in 1.7 branch ([#53338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53338), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))

        synchronized (PROTOCOL_HANDLERS) {
            URLStreamHandler handler = (URLStreamHandler) PROTOCOL_HANDLERS.get(protocol);
            if (handler != null) {
                return handler;
            }
            if (factory != null) {
                handler = factory.createURLStreamHandler(protocol);
            }
            if (handler == null) {

### Other notable changes

        synchronized (PROTOCOL_HANDLERS) {
            URLStreamHandler handler = PROTOCOL_HANDLERS.get(protocol);
            if (handler != null) {
                return handler;
            }
            if (factory != null) {
                handler = factory.createURLStreamHandler(protocol);
            }
            if (handler == null) {
                final String path = System.getProperty(HANDLER_PKGS_PROPERTY);

// When clients request content hosted on a particular source domain and that content make requests
// directed towards a domain other than its own, the remote domain needs to host a cross-domain
// policy file that grants access to the source domain, allowing the client to continue the transaction.
func setCrossDomainPolicyMiddleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {

- Scheduler extender `ignorable` option now handles errors for both filter and bind phases. ([#122503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122503), [@sunbinnnnn](https://github.com/sunbinnnnn))

)

type promLogger struct{}

func (p promLogger) Println(v ...any) {
	metricsLogIf(GlobalContext, fmt.Errorf("metrics handler error: %v", v))
}

type metricsV3Server struct {
	registry *prometheus.Registry
	opts     promhttp.HandlerOpts
	auth     func(http.Handler) http.Handler

	metricsData *metricsV3Collection
}

var (
	globalMetricsV3CollectorPaths []collectorPath

In this case, the `startup` event handler function will initialize the items "database" (just a `dict`) with some values.

You can add more than one event handler function.

And your application won't start receiving requests until all the `startup` event handlers have completed.

### `shutdown` event { #shutdown-event }