- Added validation for the `--container-runtime-endpoint` flag of kubelet to be non-empty. ([#112542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112542), [@astraw99](https://github.com/astraw99))
- Adds alpha --output plaintext protected by environment variable `KUBECTL_EXPLAIN_OPENAPIV3` ([#113146](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113146), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski)) [SIG CLI]

`Not-ready` state when credentials for vCenter stored in a secret and Zones feature is in use. Zone labels setup moved to KCM component, kubelet skips this step during startup in such case. If credentials stored in cloud-provider config file as plaintext current behaviour does not change and no action required. For proper functioning `kube-system:vsphere-legacy-cloud-provider` should be allowed to update node object if vCenter credentials stored in secret and Zone feature used. ([#101028](https:...

| default "default" }} install.operator.istio.io/owning-resource: {{ .Values.ownerName | default "unknown" }} operator.istio.io/component: "Pilot" app: istiod istio: pilot release: {{ .Release.Name }} spec: ports: - port: 15010 name: grpc-xds # plaintext protocol: TCP - port: 15012 name: https-dns # mTLS with k8s-signed cert protocol: TCP - port: 443 name: https-webhook # validation and injection targetPort: 15017 protocol: TCP - port: 15014 name: http-monitoring # prometheus stats protocol: TCP...