* Switch to instance-level update APIs for Azure VMSS loadbalancer operations ([#76656](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76656), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* kubeadm: kubeadm alpha cert renew now ignores certificates signed by external CAs ([#76865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76865), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

        } else if (!ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_IGNORE.equals(checksumPolicy)) {
            // warn if it is set to anything other than ignore
            logger.warn("*** CHECKSUM FAILED - " + message + " - IGNORING");
        }
        // otherwise it is ignored
    }

    private void verifyChecksum(
            ChecksumObserver checksumObserver,
            File destination,

* New kubeadm flag `--ignore-preflight-errors` that enables to decrease severity of each individual error to warning. ([#56072](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56072), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))
    * Old flag `--skip-preflight-checks` is marked as deprecated and acts as `--ignore-preflight-errors=all`

			}
			fieldBuf.uint32()        // reserved (ignored)
			for len(fieldBuf) >= 4 { // need at least tag and size
				attrTag := fieldBuf.uint16()
				attrSize := int(fieldBuf.uint16())
				if len(fieldBuf) < attrSize {
					continue parseExtras
				}
				attrBuf := fieldBuf.sub(attrSize)
				if attrTag != 1 || attrSize != 24 {
					continue // Ignore irrelevant attributes
				}

                // Invalid value ignored
            }
        }

        value = props.getProperty("jcifs.smb.client.soTimeout");
        if (value != null) {
            try {
                this.smbSocketTimeout = Integer.parseInt(value);
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                // Invalid value ignored
            }
        }

    assertEquals(UPPER, Ascii.toUpperCase(LOWER));
    assertSame(UPPER, Ascii.toUpperCase(UPPER));
    assertEquals(IGNORED, Ascii.toUpperCase(IGNORED));
    assertEquals("FOOBAR", Ascii.toUpperCase("FoOBAr"));
  }

  public void testCharsIgnored() {
    for (char c : IGNORED.toCharArray()) {
      String str = String.valueOf(c);
      assertEquals(str, c, Ascii.toLowerCase(c));

    assertEquals(UPPER, Ascii.toUpperCase(LOWER));
    assertSame(UPPER, Ascii.toUpperCase(UPPER));
    assertEquals(IGNORED, Ascii.toUpperCase(IGNORED));
    assertEquals("FOOBAR", Ascii.toUpperCase("FoOBAr"));
  }

  public void testCharsIgnored() {
    for (char c : IGNORED.toCharArray()) {
      String str = String.valueOf(c);
      assertEquals(str, c, Ascii.toLowerCase(c));

              // Ignore this attribute, it isn't recognizable as a date.
            }
          }
          attributeName.equals("max-age", ignoreCase = true) -> {
            try {
              deltaSeconds = parseMaxAge(attributeValue)
              persistent = true
            } catch (_: NumberFormatException) {
              // Ignore this attribute, it isn't recognizable as a max age.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code size()} operations on a collection. Can't be invoked
 * directly; please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code size()} operations on a map. Can't be invoked directly;
 * please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.MapTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")