*
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> after invoking this method, do not continue to use <i>this</i> cache builder
   * reference; instead use the reference this method <i>returns</i>. At runtime, these point to the
   * same instance, but only the returned reference has the correct generic type information to
   * ensure type safety. For best results, use the standard method-chaining idiom illustrated in the

- Ensure Azure availability zone is always in lower cases. ([#89722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89722), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix failing conformance when using docker container runtime w/ the docker/journald logging driver. [#87933](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87933) ([#88586](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88586), [@jdef](https://github.com/jdef)) [SIG Node]

    /** The analyzer. */
    protected SuggestAnalyzer analyzer;
    /** The thread pool. */
    protected ExecutorService threadPool;

    /** The thread pool size. */
    protected int threadPoolSize = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();

    /**
     * Sets the suggest settings.
     * @param settings The suggest settings.
     * @return This builder instance.
     */

- client-go
  - Remove `DirectCodecFactory` (replaced with `serializer.WithoutConversionCodecFactory`), `DirectEncoder` (replaced with `runtime.WithVersionEncoder`) and `DirectDecoder` (replaced with `runtime.WithoutVersionDecoder`). ([#79263](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79263), [@draveness](https://github.com/draveness))

## Metrics Changes

### Added metrics

	"crypto/x509"
	"encoding/base64"
	"encoding/json"
	"encoding/pem"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"hash/crc32"
	"io"
	"math"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"regexp"
	"runtime"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"sync/atomic"
	"time"

	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zip"
	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3/estream"

   * https://android.googlesource.com/platform/libcore/+/master/support/src/test/java/libcore/
   * java/lang/ref/FinalizationTester.java
   */
  @Throws(Exception::class)
  @JvmStatic
  fun awaitGarbageCollection() {
    Runtime.getRuntime().gc()
    Thread.sleep(100)
    System.runFinalization()
  }

  @JvmStatic
  fun assumeNetwork() {
    try {
      InetAddress.getByName("www.google.com")
    } catch (uhe: UnknownHostException) {

@NullUnmarked
abstract class SubtypeTester implements Cloneable {

  /** Annotates a public method that declares subtype assertion. */
  @RequiredModifiers(modifier = Modifier.PUBLIC)
  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
  @Keep
  @interface TestSubtype {
    /** Suppresses the assertion on {@link TypeToken#getSubtype}. */
    boolean suppressGetSubtype() default false;

 * {@link ReentrantLock}, and {@code Monitor}.
 *
 * <h3>{@code synchronized}</h3>
 *
 * <p>This version is the fewest lines of code, largely because the synchronization mechanism used
 * is built into the language and runtime. But the programmer has to remember to avoid a couple of
 * common bugs: The {@code wait()} must be inside a {@code while} instead of an {@code if}, and

- The kubelet and the default docker runtime now support running ephemeral containers in the Linux process namespace of a target container. Other container runtimes must implement support for this feature before it will be available for that runtime. ([#84731](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84731), [@verb](https://github.com/verb)) [SIG Node]

@NullUnmarked
abstract class SubtypeTester implements Cloneable {

  /** Annotates a public method that declares subtype assertion. */
  @RequiredModifiers(modifier = Modifier.PUBLIC)
  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
  @Keep
  @interface TestSubtype {
    /** Suppresses the assertion on {@link TypeToken#getSubtype}. */
    boolean suppressGetSubtype() default false;