- Kube-apiserver: `gzip` compression switched from level 4 to level 1 to improve large list call latencies in exchange for higher network bandwidth usage (10-50% higher). This increases the headroom before very large unpaged list calls exceed request timeout limits. ([#112299](https://githu...

  - "nsgCacheTTLInSeconds"
  - "routeTableCacheTTLInSeconds"
  ([#86266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86266), [@zqingqing1](https://github.com/zqingqing1)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changelog since v1.23.11

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

## Changelog since v1.22.14

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Allow Label section in vsphere e2e cloudprovider configuration ([#112479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112479), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage and Testing]

    $(this._element).on(EVENT_TOUCHMOVE, event => move(event))\n      $(this._element).on(EVENT_TOUCHEND, event => end(event))\n    }\n  }\n\n  _keydown(event) {\n    if (/input|textarea/i.test(event.target.tagName)) {\n      return\n    }\n\n    switch (event.which) {\n      case ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE:\n        event.preventDefault()\n        this.prev()\n        break\n      case ARROW_RIGHT_KEYCODE:\n        event.preventDefault()\n        this.next()\n        break\n      default:\n    }\n  }\n\n...

$(this._element).on(Event.TOUCHMOVE, (event) => move(event))\n      $(this._element).on(Event.TOUCHEND, (event) => end(event))\n    }\n  }\n\n  _keydown(event) {\n    if (/input|textarea/i.test(event.target.tagName)) {\n      return\n    }\n\n    switch (event.which) {\n      case ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE:\n        event.preventDefault()\n        this.prev()\n        break\n      case ARROW_RIGHT_KEYCODE:\n        event.preventDefault()\n        this.next()\n        break\n      default:\n    }\n  }\n\n...

- Fixed nil pointer in test AfterEach volumeperf.go for sidecar release. ([#117368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117368), [@sunnylovestiramisu](https://github.com/sunnylovestiramisu))
- Switched back to `debian-base` instead of distroless for conformance image. ([#119422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119422), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))

### Bug or Regression

### kube-proxy
* In 1.7, the kube-proxy component has been converted to use a configuration file. The old flags still work in 1.7, but they are being deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Cluster administrators are advised to switch to using the configuration file, but no action is strictly necessary in 1.7. ([#34727](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34727), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc))

### Namespace

- Setting `--cidr-allocator-type` to `CloudAllocator` for `kube-controller-manager` will be removed in a future release. Please switch to and explore the options available in your external cloud provider ([#123011](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123011), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG API Machinery and Network]