* Make error message and service event message more clear ([#86078](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86078), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* e2e-test-framework: add e2e test namespace dump if all tests succeed but the cleanup fails. ([#85542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85542), [@schrodit](https://github.com/schrodit))

- Service session affinity timeout tests are no longer required for Kubernetes network plugin conformance due to variations in existing implementations. New conformance tests will be developed to better express conformance in future releases. ([#112806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112806), [@dcbw](https://github.com/dcbw)) [SIG Architecture, Network and Testing]

- E2e.test and e2e_node.test: tests which depend on alpha or beta feature gates now have `Feature:Alpha` or `Feature:Beta` as Ginkgo labels. The inline text is `[Alpha]` or `[Beta]`, as before. ([#124350](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124350), [@pohly](ht...

#### Container Runtime Interface

- e2e tests that require SSH may now be used against clusters that have nodes without external IP addresses by setting the environment variable `KUBE_SSH_BASTION` to the `host:port` of a machine that is allowed to SSH to those nodes.  The same private key that the test would use is used for the bastion host.  The test connects to the bastion and then tunnels another SSH connection to the node. ([#72286](https:...

* Fixes segmentation fault issue with Protobuf library when log entries are deeply nested. ([#77224](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77224), [@qingling128](https://github.com/qingling128))

    <magic priority="60">
      <match value="0x0A0D0D0A" type="string" offset="0">
        <!-- Could only find examples of the second. I have not tested the first -->
        <match value="0xa1b2c3d4" type="big32" offset="8" />
        <match value="0x4d3c2b1a" type="string" offset="8" />
      </match>
    </magic>
    <glob pattern="*.pcapng"/>

* Scheduling conformance tests related to daemonsets should set the annotation that relaxes node selection restrictions, if any are set. This ensures conformance tests can run on a wider array of clusters. ([#68793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68793), [@aveshagarwal](https://github.com/aveshagarwal))

- When using the conformance test image, a new environment variable `E2E_USE_GO_RUNNER` will cause the tests to be run with the new golang-based test runner rather than the current bash wrapper. ([#79284](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79284), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))

### Failing Test

- Resolves an issue running Ingress conformance tests on clusters which use finalizers on Ingress objects to manage releasing load balancer resources ([#96742](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96742), [@spencerhance](https://github.com/spencerhance)) [SIG Network and Testing]