streaming_max_pub_acks_in_flight  (number)    number of messages to publish without waiting for ACKs
streaming_cluster_id              (string)    unique ID for NATS streaming cluster
cert_authority                    (string)    path to certificate chain of the target NATS server
client_cert                       (string)    client cert for NATS mTLS auth
client_key                        (string)    client cert key for NATS mTLS auth

    void setUp() {
        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
        // Set the deferred field directly since it's a public field
        mockNdrBuffer.deferred = mockDeferredNdrBuffer;
        // Set up deferred buffer chain to avoid NPE
        mockDeferredNdrBuffer.deferred = mockDeferredNdrBuffer; // Self-reference to avoid NPE
        lenient().when(mockNdrBuffer.derive(anyInt())).thenReturn(mockDeferredNdrBuffer);

* Revert ensure the KUBE-MARK-DROP chain in kube-proxy mode=iptables. Fix a bug in which kube-proxy deletes the rules associated with the chain in iptables mode. ([#85527](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85527), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))



# v1.17.0-rc.1

* kubernetes-worker juju charm: Added support for setting the --enable-ssl-chain-completion option on the ingress proxy.  "action required": if your installation relies on supplying incomplete certificate chains and using OCSP to fill them in, you must set "ingress-ssl-chain-completion" to "true" in your juju configuration. ([#63845](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63845), [@paulgear](https://github.com/paulgear))...

- Kubeadm: a warning to user as ipv6 site-local is deprecated ([#99574](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99574), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Network]

- Ensure the `KUBE-MARK-DROP` chain in kube-proxy IPVS mode. The chain is ensured for both IPv4 and IPv6 in dual-stack operation. ([#82214](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82214), [@uablrek](https://github.com/uablrek))

- The kubelet now creates an iptables chain named `KUBE-IPTABLES-HINT` in
  the `mangle` table. Containerized components that need to modify iptables
  rules in the host network namespace can use the existence of this chain
  to more-reliably determine whether the system is using iptables-legacy or

* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

* Bump ip-masq-agent to v2.1.1 ([#67916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67916), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
    * - Update debian-iptables image for CVEs.
    * - Change chain name to IP-MASQ to be compatible with the
    * pre-injected masquerade rules.

    - [Deprecation of FlexVolume](#deprecation-of-flexvolume)
    - [Deprecation of klog specific flags](#deprecation-of-klog-specific-flags)
    - [Software Supply Chain SLSA Level 1 Compliance in the Kubernetes Release Process](#software-supply-chain-slsa-level-1-compliance-in-the-kubernetes-release-process)
    - [IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Networking graduates to GA](#ipv4ipv6-dual-stack-networking-graduates-to-ga)