- Removed legacy cloud provider integration code and the "service-lb-controller", "cloud-node-lifecycle-controller" and the "node-route-controller" from kube-controller-manager. You can now either set the `--cloud-provider` command line argument to "external", or to the empty string. All other values are invalid. ([#128197](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128197), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Cloud Provider]

### Federation

      checkNonnegative(expectedSize, "expectedSize");
      return expectedSize + 1;
    }
    if (expectedSize < Ints.MAX_POWER_OF_TWO) {
      // This seems to be consistent across JDKs. The capacity argument to HashMap and LinkedHashMap
      // ends up being used to compute a "threshold" size, beyond which the internal table
      // will be resized. That threshold is ceilingPowerOfTwo(capacity*loadFactor), where

      checkNonnegative(expectedSize, "expectedSize");
      return expectedSize + 1;
    }
    if (expectedSize < Ints.MAX_POWER_OF_TWO) {
      // This seems to be consistent across JDKs. The capacity argument to HashMap and LinkedHashMap
      // ends up being used to compute a "threshold" size, beyond which the internal table
      // will be resized. That threshold is ceilingPowerOfTwo(capacity*loadFactor), where

- Fix a regression where kubeadm bails out with a fatal error when an optional version command line argument is supplied to the "kubeadm upgrade plan" command ([#94421](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94421), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

     * @param property The value of the property. (NotNull)
     */
    protected void assertPropertyNotNull(String property) {
        if (property == null) {
            String msg = "The argument 'property' for message should not be null.";
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
        }
    }

* Heal the namespaceless ingresses in federation e2e. ([#33977](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33977), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))
* Add missing argument to log message in federated ingress controller. ([#34158](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34158), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))

- Added a new command line argument `--interactive` to kubectl. The new command line argument lets a user confirm deletion requests per resource interactively. ([#114530](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114530), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

- `kubectl` will not print events if `--show-events=false` argument is passed to
  describe PVC subcommand. ([#120380](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120380), [@MaGaroo](https://github.com/MaGaroo))
- `scheduler`: Fixed missing field `apiVersion` from events reported by the taint

* Remove headers that are unnecessary for proxy target ([#34076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34076), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))
* Add missing argument to log message in federated ingress controller. ([#34158](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34158), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))