* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix issue when attempting to unmount a wrong vSphere volume ([#37413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37413), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- Fix: consolidate logs for instance not found error (#105364, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore not a VMSS error for VMAS nodes in EnsureBackendPoolDeleted. (#105404, @ialidzhikov) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore the case when updating Azure tags (#104687, @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,...

- The in-tree cloud provider for OpenStack (and the cinder volume provider) has been removed. Please use the external cloud provider and csi driver from [cloud-provider-openstack](https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack) instead. ([#67782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67782), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

/**
 * A type implemented by, or extended by maven itself.
 * Maven provides implementations of those types and may inject them in plugins.
 * <p>
 * A type can be marked {@link Consumer} or {@link Provider} but not both. A type is assumed to be
 * {@link Consumer} if it is not marked either {@link Consumer} or {@link Provider}.
 * <p>
 * A package can be marked {@link Provider}. In this case, all types in the package are considered

- 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]

- Kubelet: The `--azure-container-registry-config` flag has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release, please use `--image-credential-provider-config` and `--image-credential-provider-bin-dir` to setup acr credential provider instead. ([#118596](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118596), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Node]

var (
	ErrNotImplemented     = errors.New("function not implemented")
	ErrAccessTokenExpired = errors.New("access_token expired or unauthorized")
)

// Provider implements identity provider specific admin operations, such as
// looking up users, fetching additional attributes etc.
type Provider interface {
	LoginWithUser(username, password string) error
	LoginWithClientID(clientID, clientSecret string) error
	LookupUser(userid string) (User, error)

SIG-VMware development was primarily focused on fixing bugs for the in-tree cloud provider, starting the development of the external cloud provider and taking ownership of the cluster-api provider for vSphere.

In-tree cloud provider bug fixes and improvements included:
- Adding initial Zones support to the provider using vSphere Tags
- Improving the testing harness for the cloud provider by introducing vcsim for automated testing