- Removed the last remaining in-tree gcp cloud provider and credential provider.
  Please use the external cloud provider and credential provider from https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp
  instead. ([#124519](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124519), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, Autoscaling, Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Network, Node, Scheduling, Storage and Testing]

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- Fix: do not delete the lb that does not exist (#105777, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore not a VMSS error for VMAS nodes in EnsureBackendPoolDeleted. (#105185, @ialidzhikov) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: leave the probe path empty for TCP probes (#105253, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Kubelet, when using cloud provider external, initializes temporary the node addresses using the --node-ip flag values if set, until the cloud provider overrides it. ([#121028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121028), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Node]

- The in-tree cloud provider for AWS (and the EBS storage plugin) has now been removed. Please use the external cloud provider and CSI driver from https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws instead. ([#115838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115838), [@torredil](https://github.com/torredil)) [SIG API Machinery,...

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