- Add metrics to track allocation of Uncore (aka last-level aka L3) Cache blocks ([#130133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130133), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- Changed the dependency version for CoreDNS. Kubernetes tools now install CoreDNS `v1.12.0`. ([#128926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128926), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

- Fix Cinder authentication bug when OS_DOMAIN_NAME not specified.
- Fix Keystone authentication errors by skipping synchronization for unscoped tokens.
- Fix authentication error for client-auth-plugin
- Fix dependency references from in-tree-provider to point to external provider.
- Add shutdown instance by Provider ID.
- Add annotation to preserve floating IP after service delete.

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