* Move b.gcr.io/k8s_authenticated_test to gcr.io/k8s-authenticated-test ([#40335](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40335), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))
* Prep node_e2e for GCI to COS name change ([#41088](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41088), [@jessfraz](https://github.com/jessfraz))

	VST4	[V22.D2, V23.D2, V24.D2, V25.D2], (R3)          // 760c004c
	VST4.P	[V14.D2, V15.D2, V16.D2, V17.D2], 64(R15)       // ee0d9f4c
	VST4.P	[V24.B8, V25.B8, V26.B8, V27.B8], (R3)(R23)     // 7800970c

// pre/post-indexed
	FMOVS.P	F20, 4(R0)                                      // 144400bc
	FMOVS.W	F20, 4(R0)                                      // 144c00bc
	FMOVD.P	F20, 8(R1)                                      // 348400fc

- kubeadm: fix "certificate-authority" files not being pre-loaded when using file discovery ([#80966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80966), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

    * In order to remain backwards compatible, the new controller...

- Fix a warning message about the gce in-tree cloud provider state ([#126773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126773), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Kube-proxy initialization waits for all pre-sync events from node and serviceCIDR informers to be delivered. ([#126561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126561), [@wedaly](https://github.com/wedaly)) [SIG Network]

			switch roi.ReplicationStatus {
			case replication.Completed, replication.Replica:
				if !opts.Verbose {
					continue
				}
				fallthrough
			default:
				// ignore pre-existing objects that don't satisfy replication rule(s)
				if roi.ReplicationStatus.Empty() && !roi.ExistingObjResync.mustResync() {
					continue
				}
				tgtsMap := make(map[string]madmin.TgtDiffInfo)

    * - Update debian-iptables image for CVEs.
    * - Change chain name to IP-MASQ to be compatible with the
    * pre-injected masquerade rules.
* Fix VMWare VM freezing bug by reverting [#51066](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51066) ([#67825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67825), [@nikopen](https://github.com/nikopen))

- Add support for cgroups v2 node validation ([#89901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89901), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Node]
- Add support for pre allocated huge pages with different sizes, on node level ([#89252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89252), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG Apps and Node]

* Pre-existing log files are now opened with O_APPEND, instead of O_TRUNC. This helps prevent losing logs when components crash-loop, and also enables external log rotation utilities to truncate log files in-place without components extending log files to their pre-truncation sizes on subsequent writes. ([#74837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74837), [@mtaufen](http...

- Scheduler: in 1.29 pre-releases, enabling contextual logging slowed down pod scheduling. ([#121715](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121715), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]