k3s - v1.25.16+k3s4

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.25.16, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.

Changes since v1.25.15+k3s2:

• Etcd status condition (#8819)
• Backports for 2023-11 release (#8880)
• New timezone info in Docker image allows the use of spec.timeZone in CronJobs
• Bumped kine to v0.11.0 to resolve issues with postgres and NATS, fix performance of watch channels under heavy load, and improve compatibility with the reference implementation.
• Containerd may now be configured to use rdt or blockio configuration by defining rdt_config.yaml or blockio_config.yaml files.
• Add agent flag disable-apiserver-lb, agent will not start load balance proxy.
• Improved ingress IP ordering from ServiceLB
• Disable helm CRD installation for disable-helm-controller
• Omit snapshot list configmap entries for snapshots without extra metadata
• Add jitter to client config retry to avoid hammering servers when they are starting up
• Handle nil pointer when runtime core is not ready in etcd (#8889)
• Improve dualStack log (#8867)
• Bump dynamiclistener; reduce snapshot controller log spew (#8904)
• Bumped dynamiclistener to address a race condition that could cause a server to fail to sync its certificates into the Kubernetes secret
• Reduced etcd snapshot log spam during initial cluster startup
• Fix etcd snapshot S3 issues (#8939)
• Don't apply S3 retention if S3 client failed to initialize
• Don't request metadata when listing S3 snapshots
• Print key instead of file path in snapshot metadata log message
• Update to v1.25.16 (#8923)
• Remove s390x steps temporarily since runners are disabled (#8993)
• Remove s390x from manifest script (#8994)

Embedded Component Versions

| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.25.16 |
| Kine | v0.11.0 |
| SQLite | 3.42.0 |
| Etcd | v3.5.3-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v1.7.7-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.1.8 |
| Flannel | v0.22.2 |
| Metrics-server | v0.6.3 |
| Traefik | v2.10.5 |
| CoreDNS | v1.10.1 |
| Helm-controller | v0.15.4 |
| Local-path-provisioner | v0.0.24 |

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