- [Kubernetes release cadence change](#kubernetes-release-cadence-change)
    - [External credential providers](#external-credential-providers)
    - [Server-side Apply graduates to GA](#server-side-apply-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Container Storage Interface graduations](#container-storage-interface-graduations)
    - [SIG Windows development tools](#sig-windows-development-tools)

### Promoted CSI Ephemeral Volume to Stable

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    assertEqualCharNodes(traverser.breadthFirst(charactersOf("bg")), "bgcdh");
    assertEqualCharNodes(traverser.breadthFirst(charactersOf("ga")), "gahbcd");
  }

  @Test
  public void forTree_breadthFirst_twoTrees() {
    Iterable<Character> result = Traverser.forTree(TWO_TREES).breadthFirst('a');

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  }

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  }

  @Test
  public void forTree_breadthFirst_twoTrees() {
    Iterable<Character> result = Traverser.forTree(TWO_TREES).breadthFirst('a');

    assertEqualCharNodes(result, "ab");
  }

- Graduate `ServiceIPStaticSubrange` feature to GA. ([#112163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112163), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))
- Graduated Kubelet CPU Manager to GA. ([#113018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113018), [@fromanirh](https://github.com/fromanirh))

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### Other notable improvements

  * Job was Beta in 1.1 and is GA in 1.2 .

* The Kubelet plugin registration mechanism used by device plugins and CSI plugins is now GA ([#70559](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70559), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))
* CSIPersistentVolume feature, i.e. PersistentVolumes with CSIPersistentVolumeSource, is GA.  ([#69929](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69929), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

- Feature of `DefaultPodTopologySpread` is graduated to GA ([#108278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108278), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet))
- Feature of `NonPreemptingPriority` is graduated to GA ([#107432](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107432), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))

      - [kube-scheduler:](#kube-scheduler-1)
      - [kube-proxy:](#kube-proxy-1)
      - [Features graduated to beta:](#features-graduated-to-beta)
      - [Features graduated to GA:](#features-graduated-to-ga)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
      - [Metrics:](#metrics)
    - [Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)](#other-bug-cleanup-or-flake-1)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-19)
- [v1.18.0-rc.1](#v1180-rc1)