* Ensure Azure load balancer cleaned up on 404 or 403 when deleting LoadBalancer services. ([#75256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75256), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Kube-proxy in nftables mode now allows pods on nodes without local service endpoints to access LoadBalancer Service ExternalIPs (with `externalTrafficPolicy: Local`). Previously, such traffic was dropped. This change brings nftables mode in line with iptables and IPVS modes, allowing traffic to be forwarded to available endpoints elsewhere in the cluster....

## Changelog since v1.26.6

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- GCE does not support LoadBalancer Services with ports with different protocols (TCP and UDP) ([#115966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115966), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]

### Feature

* Services of type=LoadBalancer which have no endpoints will now immediately ICMP reject connections, rather than time out. ([#74394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74394), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

- Fix: do not try to delete a LoadBalancer that does not exist ([#105777](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105777), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))

- Fixing issue in Winkernel Proxier - Unexpected active TCP connection drops while horizontally scaling the endpoints for a LoadBalancer Service with External Traffic Policy: Local ([#114040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114040), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

        domainController = Config.getProperty("jcifs.smb1.http.domainController");
        if (domainController == null) {
            domainController = defaultDomain;
            loadBalance = Config.getBoolean("jcifs.smb1.http.loadBalance", true);
        }
        enableBasic = Boolean.parseBoolean(Config.getProperty("jcifs.smb1.http.enableBasic"));

        domainController = Config.getProperty("jcifs.smb1.http.domainController");
        if (domainController == null) {
            domainController = defaultDomain;
            loadBalance = Config.getBoolean("jcifs.smb1.http.loadBalance", true);
        }
        enableBasic = Boolean.parseBoolean(Config.getProperty("jcifs.smb1.http.enableBasic"));

            if (this.domainController == null) {
                this.domainController = this.defaultDomain;
                this.loadBalance = Config.getBoolean(p, "jcifs.http.loadBalance", true);
            }
            this.enableBasic = Boolean.parseBoolean(p.getProperty("jcifs.http.enableBasic"));

            if (this.domainController == null) {
                this.domainController = this.defaultDomain;
                this.loadBalance = Config.getBoolean(p, "jcifs.http.loadBalance", true);
            }
            this.enableBasic = Boolean.parseBoolean(p.getProperty("jcifs.http.enableBasic"));