- Single static pod files and pod files from http endpoints cannot be larger than 10 MB. HTTP probe payloads are now truncated to 10KB. ([#82669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82669), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips))

- Limit the body length of exec readiness/liveness probes. remote CRIs and Docker shim read a max of 16MB output of which the exec probe itself inspects 10kb. ([#82514](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82514), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* Flush conntrack state for removed/changed UDP Services ([#22573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/22573), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))
* Allow setting the Host header in a httpGet probe ([#24292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24292), [@errm](https://github.com/errm))

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

/**
 * A synchronization abstraction supporting waiting on arbitrary boolean conditions.
 *
 * <p>This class is intended as a replacement for {@link ReentrantLock}. Code using {@code Monitor}
 * is less error-prone and more readable than code using {@code ReentrantLock}, without significant
 * performance loss. {@code Monitor} even has the potential for performance gain by optimizing the

- Kubeadm: make sure the etcd static pod startup probe uses /health?serializable=false while the liveness probe uses /health?serializable=true&exclude=NOSPACE. The NOSPACE exclusion would allow administrators to address space issues one member at a time. ([#110744](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110744), [@neolit1...

- Pod status updates faster when reacting on probe results. The first readiness probe will be called faster when startup probes succeeded, which will make Pod status as ready faster. ([#98376](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98376), [@matthyx](https://github.com/matthyx))

- kubeadm: switched the kube-scheduler static Pod to use the endpoints `/livez` (for startup and liveness probes) and `/readyz` (for the readiness probe). Previously, `/healthz` was used for all probes, which is deprecated behavior in the scope of this component. ([#126945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126945), [@liangyuanpeng](https://github.com/liangyuanpeng)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]...

## Changelog since v1.23.0-beta.0

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Add gRPC probe to Pod.Spec.Container.{Liveness,Readiness,Startup}Probe (#106463, @SergeyKanzhelev) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, CLI, Node and Testing]

* vSphere kube-up: Wait for cbr0 configuration to complete before setting up routes. ([#35232](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35232), [@kerneltime](https://github.com/kerneltime))
* Remove last probe time from replica sets ([#35199](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35199), [@kargakis](https://github.com/kargakis))