- Fix detach azure disk issue when vm not exist ([#95177](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95177), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix etcd_object_counts metric reported by kube-apiserver ([#94817](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94817), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

In-tree bug fixes and improvements included:
- Fix load balancer status without VIP.
- Fix filtering of server status.
- Fix resizing PVC of Cinder volume.
- Disable load balancer configuration if it is not defined in cloud config.
- Add support for node shutdown taint.

The external provider includes all of the above with the additional fixes and features:
- Fix bug to prevent allocation of existing floating IP.

## Changelog since v1.2.5

### Other notable changes

* Fix watch cache filtering ([#28967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28967), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix problems with container restarts and flocker ([#25874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25874), [@simonswine](https://github.com/simonswine))

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix: detach azure disk issue using dangling error ([#81266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81266), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

        }
      }

    @JvmStatic
    @Deprecated(
      message = "Moved to extension function. Put the 'content' argument first to fix Java",
      replaceWith =
        ReplaceWith(
          expression = "content.toRequestBody(contentType)",
          imports = ["okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody"],
        ),

- Fix invalid VMSS updates due to incorrect cache ([#89002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89002), [@ArchangelSDY](https://github.com/ArchangelSDY)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix panic in kubelet when running IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack mode with a CNI plugin ([#82508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82508), [@aanm](https://github.com/aanm)) [SIG Network and Node]

**A poor commit lasts forever, even if code is refactored.**

## Crafting a Quality PR

A strong MinIO PR:
- Delivers a complete, valuable change (feature, bug fix, or improvement).
- Has a concise title (e.g., `[S3] Fix bucket policy parsing #1234`) and a summary with context, referencing issues (e.g., `#1234`).

      - id: end-of-file-fixer
      - id: trailing-whitespace

  - repo: local
    hooks:
      - id: local-ruff-check
        name: ruff check
        entry: uv run ruff check --force-exclude --fix --exit-non-zero-on-fix
        require_serial: true
        language: unsupported
        types: [python]

      - id: local-ruff-format
        name: ruff format

- Fix: don't use docker config cache if it's empty ([#92330](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92330), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: fix topology issue in azure disk storage class migration ([#91196](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91196), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

        override fun source(): BufferedSource = this@asResponseBody
      }

    @JvmStatic
    @Deprecated(
      message = "Moved to extension function. Put the 'content' argument first to fix Java",
      replaceWith =
        ReplaceWith(
          expression = "content.toResponseBody(contentType)",
          imports = ["okhttp3.ResponseBody.Companion.toResponseBody"],
        ),