* and cloud_cidr_allocator. (ALPHA FEATURE)
    * Note: for this change, the other allocators still exist and are the default.
    * It supports two modes:
        * CIDR range allocations done within the cluster that are then propagated out to the cloud provider.
        * Cloud provider managed IPAM that is then reflected into the cluster.

* Allow for configuring etcd hostname in the manifest ([#54403](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54403), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* - kubeadm  will warn users if access to IP ranges for Pods or Services will be done via HTTP proxy. ([#52792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52792), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))

- kubelet + DRA: For DRA driver plugins (and only for those!), the kubelet now supports a rolling update with `maxSurge > 0` in the driver's DaemonSet. A DRA driver must support this, which can be done via the k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation/kubeletplugin helper package. ([#129832](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129832), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]

the function argument <code>g</code> and protects callers from
run-time panics caused by <code>g</code>.
</p>

<pre>
func protect(g func()) {
	defer func() {
		log.Println("done")  // Println executes normally even if there is a panic
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Printf("run time panic: %v", x)
		}
	}()
	log.Println("start")
	g()
}
</pre>

format for the ConfigMap where it stores the KubeletConfiguration structure. The old format included the Kubernetes version - "kube-system/kubelet-config-1.22", while the new format does not - "kube-system/kubelet-config". A similar formatting change is done for the related RBAC rules. The old format is now DEPRECATED and will be removed after the feature graduates to GA. When writing the ConfigMap kubeadm (init, upgrade apply) will respect the value of UnversionedKubeletConfigMap, while when reading it...

- Removal of the CSI `NodePublish` path by the kubelet is deprecated. This must be done by the CSI plugin according to the CSI spec. ([#101441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101441), [@dobsonj](https://github.com/dobsonj))

unless you are still using kubelet version < 1.24 with kubeadm >= 1.24. Remove the DockerValidor and ServiceCheck for the `docker` service from kubeadm preflight. Docker is no longer special cased during host validation and ideally this task should be done in the now external cri-dockerd project where the importance of the compatibility matters. Use `crictl` for all communication with CRI sockets for actions like pulling images and obtaining a list of running containers instead of using the docker CLI...

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`labelSelector` of `topologySpreadConstraints`, aligning Pod Topology Spread behavior with Inter-Pod Affinity. To prevent breaking existing Pods using `matchLabelKeys`, this scheduler behavior was preserved until v1.34. Upgrades from v1.32 to v1.34 should be done incrementally (v1.32 → v1.33 → v1.34), ensuring Pods created at v1.32 with `matchLabelKeys` are scheduled before reaching v1.34. Controllers relying on `matchLabelKeys` no longer need to handle them directly and can use `labelSelector` instead. The...

Traditionally, the Kubernetes scheduler was based on the assumptions that additional persistent storage is available everywhere in the cluster and has infinite capacity. Topology constraints addressed the first point, but up to now pod scheduling was still done without considering that the remaining storage capacity may not be enough to start a new pod. [Storage capacity tracking](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/storage/storage-capacity/) addresses that by adding an API for a CSI driver to report storage capacity...