- `Service` of type `ExternalName` do not create an `Endpoint` anymore. ([#114814](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114814), [@panslava](https://github.com/panslava))

- Pod logs using `--timestamps` are not broken up with timestamps anymore. ([#113481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113481), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips))

* Bugfix: vSphere Cloud Provider (VCP) does not need any special service account anymore. ([#59440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59440), [@rohitjogvmw](https://github.com/rohitjogvmw))

unacceptable behavior. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for all and
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 * **Be open**: We invite anyone to participate in any aspect of our projects. Our community is
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- Cloud provider config CloudProviderBackoffMode has been removed since it won't be used anymore. ([#88463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

 * for use in test code.
 *
 * <p><b>Do not use this interface</b> for public or protected declarations: it is a fig leaf for
 * bad design, and it does not prevent anyone from using the declaration---and experience has shown
 * that they will. If the method breaks the encapsulation of its class, then its internal
 * representation will be hard to change. Instead, use <a

- Fixed a `1.27.0+` regression in kubeadm: The kubelet patch configuration will not be uploaded into the `kube-system/kubelet-config` ConfigMap anymore.
   ([#123093](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123093), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- Fixed a bug in `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` that caused policies using CRD parameters to fail to synchronize.

    // We want the JDK Pattern compiler:
    // - under Android (where it hurts startup performance)
    // - even for the JVM in our open-source release (https://github.com/google/guava/issues/3147)
    // If anyone in our monorepo uses the Android copy of Guava on a JVM, that would be unfortunate.
    // But that is only likely to happen in Robolectric tests, where the risks of JDK regex are low.
    return new JdkPatternCompiler();
  }

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#88691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88691), [@Elias481](https://github.com/Elias481)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

      # Our Maven configuration then specifies different JDKs to use for some of the steps:
      # - 11 (sometimes) to *download* to support anyone who runs JDiff or our Gradle integration tests (including our doc snapshots and our Java 11 CI test run) but not to use directly