- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]

	config.Metadata.Retry.Backoff = (1 * time.Second)
	config.Metadata.RefreshFrequency = (15 * time.Minute)

	target.config = config

	brokers := []string{}
	for _, broker := range args.Brokers {
		brokers = append(brokers, broker.String())
	}

	client, err := sarama.NewClient(brokers, config)
	if err != nil {
		if !errors.Is(err, sarama.ErrOutOfBrokers) {
			target.loggerOnce(context.Background(), err, target.ID().String())

		"Total cluster objects count")
	usageVersionsCountMD = NewGaugeMD(usageVersionsCount,
		"Total cluster object versions (including delete markers) count")
	usageDeleteMarkersCountMD = NewGaugeMD(usageDeleteMarkersCount,
		"Total cluster delete markers count")
	usageBucketsCountMD = NewGaugeMD(usageBucketsCount,
		"Total cluster buckets count")
	usageObjectsDistributionMD = NewGaugeMD(usageSizeDistribution,

### AWS

* Add AWS cloud provider option to use an assumed IAM role. For example, this allows running Controller Manager in a account separate from the worker nodes, but still allows all resources created to interact with the workers. ELBs created would be in the same account as the worker nodes for instance.([#59668](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59668), [@brycecarman](https://github.com/brycecarman))

	sconfig.Metadata.Retry.Backoff = (10 * time.Second)
	sconfig.Metadata.RefreshFrequency = (15 * time.Minute)

	h.config = sconfig

	var brokers []string
	for _, broker := range h.kconfig.Brokers {
		brokers = append(brokers, broker.String())
	}

	client, err := sarama.NewClient(brokers, sconfig)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	producer, err := sarama.NewSyncProducerFromClient(client)
	if err != nil {

- The `kube-controller-manager` supports `--concurrent-ephemeralvolume-syncs` flag to set the number of ephemeral volume controller workers. ([#102981](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102981), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

        def projectDir = 'C:\\some\\agent\\workspace'

        expect:

- Flag `--concurrent-node-syncs` has been added to cloud node controller which defines how many workers in parallel will be initialising and synchronising nodes. ([#113104](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113104), [@pawbana](https://github.com/pawbana)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider and Scalability]

- Added `--concurrent-daemonset-syncs` command line flag to kube-controller-manager. This value sets the number of workers for the daemonset controller. ([#128444](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128444), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k))

			Key:   config.Enable,
			Value: config.EnableOn,
		},
		config.KV{
			Key: target.KafkaBrokers,
			Value: func() string {
				var brokers []string
				for _, broker := range cfg.Brokers {
					brokers = append(brokers, broker.String())
				}
				return strings.Join(brokers, config.ValueSeparator)
			}(),
		},
		config.KV{
			Key:   target.KafkaTopic,
			Value: cfg.Topic,
		},
		config.KV{