* fix kubectl taint e2e flake: add retries for removing taint ([#33872](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33872), [@kevin-wangzefeng](https://github.com/kevin-wangzefeng))
* portfordwardtester: avoid data loss during send+close+exit ([#37103](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37103), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(CharSequence s1, CharSequence s2) {
    // Calling length() is the null pointer check (so do it before we can exit early).
    int length = s1.length();
    if (s1 == s2) {
      return true;
    }
    if (length != s2.length()) {
      return false;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {

                // contract of ExitException is that nothing needed by us
                throw e;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // other exceptions (including InvokerException but sans Exit, see above): we need to inform user
                throw handleException(context, e);
            }
        } finally {
            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(oldCL);

                    #
                    # This context manager is entered on the request-scoped
                    # AsyncExitStack so its __aexit__ (which cancels the
                    # task group) is called by the exit stack after the
                    # streaming response completes — not by async generator
                    # finalization via GeneratorExit.
                    # Ref: https://peps.python.org/pep-0789/

	globalConsoleSys = NewConsoleLogger(context.Background(), io.Discard)

	globalInternodeTransport = NewInternodeHTTPTransport(0)()

	initHelp()

	resetTestGlobals()

	globalIsCICD = true

	os.Exit(m.Run())
}

// concurrency level for certain parallel tests.
const testConcurrencyLevel = 10

const iso8601TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z"

			return
		case <-c:
			buf := make([]byte, 1<<20)
			stacklen := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
			fmt.Printf("=== Timeout, assuming deadlock ===\n*** goroutine dump...\n%s\n*** end\n", string(buf[:stacklen]))
			os.Exit(2)
		}
	}()
	return func() {
		close(cc)
	}

			return
		case <-c:
			buf := make([]byte, 1<<20)
			stacklen := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
			fmt.Printf("=== Timeout, assuming deadlock ===\n*** goroutine dump...\n%s\n*** end\n", string(buf[:stacklen]))
			os.Exit(2)
		}
	}()
	return func() {
		close(cc)
	}
}

func assertNoActive(t *testing.T, c *Connection) {
	t.Helper()
	// Tiny bit racy for tests, but we try to play nice.

  if bazel_executable is None:
    bazel_executable = shutil.which('bazelisk')
    if bazel_executable is None:
      print('Cannot find bazel. Please install bazel/bazelisk.')
      sys.exit(1)

  stderr = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
  curr_version = run_shell([bazel_executable, '--version'],
                           allow_non_zero=True,
                           stderr=stderr)

- Added ControllerManagerReleaseLeaderElectionLockOnCancel feature gate to gate leader election lock release on exit for kube-controller-manager ([#136279](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/136279), [@tchap](https://github.com/tchap)) [SIG API Machinery and Cloud Provider]

            Read more about it in the
            [FastAPI docs for FastAPI Dependencies with yield](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/dependencies/dependencies-with-yield/#early-exit-and-scope)
            """
        ),
    ] = None,
) -> Any:
    """
    Declare a FastAPI dependency.

    It takes a single "dependable" callable (like a function).