kubernetes project updates only

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Applicable updates only for versions 1.23, 1.26, 1.27 and 1.28

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Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
kubernetes-1-29-presubmit	519c66d	link	true	/test kubernetes-1-29-presubmit

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