- Fix for volume reconstruction of CSI ephemeral volumes ([#108997](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108997), [@dobsonj](https://github.com/dobsonj)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]
- Fix image pulling failure when IMDS is unavailable in kubelet startup ([#110523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110523), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

  amd64 binary instead of the go-runner that matches that architecture.
  
  This commit explicitly sets the '--platform=linux/${arch}' to ensure
  we're pulling the correct go-runner arch from the manifest list.
  
  Before:
  `FROM ${base_image}`
  
  After:

- Bug fix: Windows Kubelet nodes will now correctly search the default location for Docker credentials (`%USERPROFILE%\.docker\config.json`) when pulling images from a private registry. (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#configuring-nodes-to-authenticate-to-a-private-registry) ([#78528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78528), [@bclau](https://github.com/bclau))

*More Instructions coming soon*

## Provider-specific Notes

* AWS
  * Support for ap-northeast-2 region (Seoul)
  * Allow cross-region image pulling with ECR
  * More reliable kube-up/kube-down
  * Enable ICMP Type 3 Code 4 for ELBs
  * ARP caching fix
  * Use /dev/xvdXX names
  * ELB:
    * ELB proxy protocol support