- Ignore the new `topology.gke.io/zone` label when comparing groups
  - Add missing stable labels to template nodes
  
  ### HuaweiCloud
  - Add auto scaling group support
  - Implement node group by AS
  - Implement getting desired instance number of node group
  - Implement increasing node group size
  - Implement TemplateNodeInfo
  - Implement caching instances
  
  ### IONOS

- Fixed AWS Cloud Provider attempting to delete LoadBalancer security group it didn’t provision, and fixed AWS Cloud Provider creating a default LoadBalancer security group even if annotation `service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-security-groups` is present because the intended behavior of aws-load-balancer-security-groups is to replace all security groups assigned to the load balancer. ([#84265](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84265), [@bhag...

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#83446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83446), [@Elias481](https://github.com/Elias481)) [SIG...

*   OpenStack security group support has been beefed up  ([#50836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50836),[ @FengyunPan](https://github.com/FengyunPan)):
    *   Kubernetes will now automatically determine the security group for the node
    *   Nodes can now belong to multiple security groups

### **Scheduling**

#### **Hardware Accelerators**

- 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. ([#133969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133969), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))...

    * The `generate-internal-groups.sh` script in k8s.io/code-generator will generate OpenAPI definitions by default in `pkg/generated/openapi`. Additional API group dependencies can be added via `OPENAPI_EXTRA_PACKAGES=<group>/<version> <group2>/<version2>...`.