- Use network.Interface.VirtualMachine.ID to get the binded VM
  Skip standalone VM when reconciling LoadBalancer ([#97639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97639), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118057), [@dlipov...

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118192](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118192), [@dlipov...

- Fixed a bug which could prevent a provider ID from ever being set for node if an error occurred determining the provider ID when the node was added. ([#87043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87043), [@zjs](https://github.com/zjs)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]
- Fixed the following 

* Fixes authentication problem faced during various vSphere operations. ([#57978](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57978), [@prashima](https://github.com/prashima))
* The getSubnetIDForLB() should return subnet id rather than net id. ([#58208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58208), [@FengyunPan](https://github.com/FengyunPan))

- 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.
- Add conformance testing to stable and development branches.
- Add support support to Manilla for trustee authentication and supplying custom CAs.

- Kubelet: un-deprecated `--provider-id` flag. ([#116530](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116530), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#117948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117948), [@dlipov...

- Fixed a bug which could prevent a provider ID from ever being set for node if an error occurred determining the provider ID when the node was added. ([#87043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87043), [@zjs](https://github.com/zjs)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]

* Node's providerID is following Azure resource ID format now when useInstanceMetadata is enabled ([#59539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59539), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))



# v1.8.8