([#64706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64706), [@liztio](https://github.com/liztio))

/**
 * 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

- Introduce a feature gate `DisableCloudProviders` allowing to disable cloud-provider initialization in KAPI, KCM and kubelet.

* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix panic in vSphere cloud provider ([#38423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38423), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Can be used on a static method to provide a bean.
 */
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented

# ADR-0006 - Use of Provider APIs in Gradle

## Date

2024-06-21

## Context

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)

- Fix: set nil cache entry based on old cache ([#87592](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87592), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* The AWS credential provider can now obtain ECR credentials even without the AWS cloud provider or being on an EC2 instance. Additionally, AWS credential provider caching has been improved to honor the ECR credential timeout. ([#75587](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75587), [@tiffanyfay](https://github.com/tiffanyfay))

- The node annotation alpha.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip is no longer set ONLY when `--cloud-provider=external`.  Now, it is set on kubelet startup if the `--cloud-provider` flag is set at all, including the deprecated in-tree providers. ([#109794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109794), [@mdbooth](https://github.com/mdbooth)) [SIG Network and Node]