* Fixes an issue with stuck connections handling error responses ([#71419](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71419), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Ensure orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

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- Azure: set dest prefix and port for IPv6 inbound security rule ([#91831](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91831), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix public IP not shown issues after assigning public IP to Azure VMs ([#90886](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90886), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Fix printers ignoring object average value ([#89142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89142), [@zhouya0](https://github.com/zhouya0)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Fix public IP not shown issues after assigning public IP to Azure VMs ([#90886](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90886), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- ServiceOwnsFrontendIP shouldn't report error when the public IP doesn't match ([#102516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102516), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* return error if New-SmbGlobalMapping failed when mounting azure file on Windows ([#59540](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59540), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Ensure Azure public IP removed after service deleted ([#59340](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59340), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

## Changelog since v1.6.6

### Other notable changes

* kubeadm: Expose only the cluster-info ConfigMap in the kube-public ns ([#48050](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48050), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

* Change merge key for VolumeMount to mountPath ([#35071](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35071), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))
* Turned-off etcd listening on public ports as potentially insecure. Removed ([#35192](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35192), [@jszczepkowski](https://github.com/jszczepkowski))
    * experimental support for master replication.

* Improve Azure instance metadata handling by adding caches. ([#70353](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70353), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Ensure orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))