* A new `TaintNodesByCondition` admission plugin taints newly created Node objects as "not ready", to fix a race condition that could cause pods to be scheduled on new nodes before their taints were updated to accurately reflect their reported conditions. This admission plugin is enabled by default if the `TaintNodesByCondition` feature is enabled....

                testFile.exists(); // Simple connectivity test
                log.info("SMB server is ready after {} attempts", attempt + 1);
                return;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                lastException = e;
                if (attempt % 10 == 0 || attempt < 5) {
                    log.debug("Server not ready yet (attempt {}): {}", attempt + 1, e.getMessage());
                }

### Windows support improved

- [Performance dashboards](http://perf-dash.k8s.io/#/?jobname=soak-tests-capz-windows-2019) added support for Windows

- Fixed a regression introduced in 1.22.4 where Azure load balancers were not kept up to date with the state of cluster nodes. In particular, nodes that are not in the ready state and are not newly created (i.e. not having the `node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized` taint) now get removed from Azure load balancers. ([#109933](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109933), [@ricky-rav](https://github.com/ricky-rav))...

            }

            crawler.setBackground(true);
            crawler.setThreadPriority(crawlerPriority);

            crawlerList.add(crawler);
            crawlerStatusList.add(Constants.READY);
        }

        // File
        for (final FileConfig fileConfig : fileConfigList) {
            final String sid = ComponentUtil.getCrawlingConfigHelper().store(sessionId, fileConfig);

- Fixed a regression introduced in 1.23.0 where Azure load balancers were not kept up to date with the state of cluster nodes. In particular, nodes that are not in the ready state and are not newly created (i.e. not having the `node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized` taint) now get removed from Azure load balancers. ([#109932](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109932), [@ricky-rav](https://github.com/ricky-rav))...

- Add a `serving` and `terminating` condition to the EndpointSlice API.
  `serving` tracks the readiness of endpoints regardless of their terminating state. This is distinct from `ready` since `ready` is only true when pods are not terminating. 

or use cri-dockerd if you are relying on Docker Engine as your container runtime.
For more information about ensuring your cluster is ready for this removal, please
see [this guide](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/03/31/ready-for-dockershim-removal/).

### Beta APIs Off by Default

[New beta APIs will not be enabled in clusters by default](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3136).

## Changelog since v1.15.7

### Other notable changes

* Fixed a regression where the kubelet would fail to update the ready status of pods. ([#86195](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86195), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu))

					}
					if lock != objectlock.Enabled {
						return sameTarget, errorCodes.ToAPIErrWithErr(ErrReplicationDestinationMissingLock, nil)
					}
				}
			}
		}
		// if checked bucket, then check the ready is unnecessary
		if !opts.CheckRemoteBucket && opts.CheckReady {
			endpoint := clnt.EndpointURL().String()
			if errInt, ok := opts.checkReadyErr.Load(endpoint); !ok {
				err = checkRemoteEndpoint(ctx, clnt.EndpointURL())