website/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/DisableCloudProviders.md

title	content_type	_build	stages
DisableCloudProviders	feature_gate	list render never false	stage defaultValue fromVersion toVersion alpha false 1.22 1.28 stage defaultValue fromVersion toVersion beta true 1.29 1.30 stage defaultValue fromVersion stable true 1.31

Enabling this feature gate deactivated functionality in kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager and kubelet that related to the --cloud-provider command line argument.

In Kubernetes v1.31 and later, the only valid values for --cloud-provider are the empty string (no cloud provider integration), or "external" (integration via a separate cloud-controller-manager).