- Kubeadm: upgrade supports fallback to the nearest known etcd version if an unknown k8s version is passed ([#88373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88373), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

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        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          version: "0.4.15"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            requirements**.txt
            pyproject.toml
      - name: Install Dependencies

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- `kubeadm`: will now allow deploying a kubelet that is 3 versions older than the version of `kubeadm` (N-3). This aligns with the recent change made by SIG Architecture that extends the support skew between the control plane and kubelets. Tolerate this new kubelet skew for the commands `init`, `join` and `upgrade`. Note that if the `kubeadm` user applies a control plane version that is older than the `kubeadm` version (N-1 maximum) then the skew between the kubelet and control plane would...

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 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

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 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          version: "0.4.15"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            requirements**.txt
            pyproject.toml
      - name: Install Dependencies