### Bug or Regression

- Fix: skip instance not found when decoupling vmss from lb ([#105835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105835), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- We have added a new Priority & Fairness rule that exempts all probes (/readyz, /healthz, /livez) to prevent 
  restarting of "healthy" kube-apiserver instance(s) by kubelet. ([#101113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101113), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Feature

    assertEquals(0, map.refreshNanos);
    assertEquals(CacheBuilder.UNSET_INT, map.maxWeight);

    assertSame(EntryFactory.STRONG, map.entryFactory);
    assertSame(CacheBuilder.NullListener.INSTANCE, map.removalListener);
    assertSame(DISCARDING_QUEUE, map.removalNotificationQueue);
    assertSame(NULL_TICKER, map.ticker);

    assertEquals(4, map.concurrencyLevel);

    // concurrency level

  |   definition of these types
  |
-->
<model xmlns="http://codehaus-plexus.github.io/MODELLO/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://codehaus-plexus.github.io/MODELLO/2.0.0 https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/modello/xsd/modello-2.0.0.xsd"
  xml.namespace="http://maven.apache.org/POM/${version}"

## Changelog since v1.23.12

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Azure: Skip "instance not found" error for LB backend address pools ([#111428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111428), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

!==this.config[e]&&(t[e]=this.config[e]);return t},e._cleanTipClass=function(){var t=o.default(this.getTipElement()),e=t.attr("class").match(jt);null!==e&&e.length&&t.removeClass(e.join(""))},e._handlePopperPlacementChange=function(t){this.tip=t.instance.popper,this._cleanTipClass(),this.addAttachmentClass(this._getAttachment(t.placement))},e._fixTransition=function(){var t=this.getTipElement(),e=this.config.animation;null===t.getAttribute("x-placement")&&(o.default(t).removeClass(Lt),this.confi...

* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

  - [beta] StatefulSets allow workloads that require persistent identity or per-instance storage to be created and managed on Kubernetes. ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/abstractions/controllers/statefulsets/)) ([kubernetes/features#137](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/137))

- Kubectl: Graduated kuberc support to beta. A `kuberc` configuration file provided a mechanism for customizing `kubectl` behavior (distinct from kubeconfig, which configures cluster access across different clients). ([#131818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131818), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

    assertThat((response1.receivedResponseAtMillis - t0).toDouble()).isCloseTo(0.0, 250.0)

    // A conditional cache hit updates the cache.
    Thread.sleep(500) // Make sure t0 and t1 are distinct.
    val t1 = System.currentTimeMillis()
    val response2 = get(server.url("/a"))
    assertThat(response2.code).isEqualTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK)
    assertThat(response2.body.string()).isEqualTo("A")