* auth/aws: The set of metadata stored during login is now configurable [[GH-8783](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/8783)]
* auth/aws: Improve region selection to avoid errors seen if the account hasn't enabled some newer AWS regions [[GH-8679](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/8679)]
* auth/gcp: The set of metadata stored during login is now configurable [[GH-92](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp/pull/92)]
* auth/gcp: The type of alias name used during login is now configurable [[GH-95](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp/pull/95)]
* auth/ldap: Improve error messages during LDAP operation failures [[GH-8740](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/8740)]
* auth/azure: Enable login from Azure VMs with user-assigned identities [[GH-33](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-azure/pull/33)]
* identity: Add a batch delete API for identity entities [[GH-8785]](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/8785)
* identity: Improve performance of logins when no group updates are needed [[GH-8795]](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/8795)