Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 51733, 51838)
Decouple kube-proxy upgrade/downgrade tests from upgradeTests
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
Fixes the failing kube-proxy migration CI jobs:
- https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-network#gci-gce-latest-upgrade-kube-proxy-ds
- https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-network#gci-gce-latest-downgrade-kube-proxy-ds
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes#51729
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
/assign @krousey @nicksardo
Could you please take a look post code-freeze (I believe it is fixing things)? Thanks!
**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
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Automatic merge from submit-queue
Use the right image for the right platform in the e2e tests
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
This PR is for enabling kubernetes tests for multi architecture platform
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes#38067
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
This will enable conformance tests for all the supported architectures.
**Release note**:
```release-note
Make all e2e tests lookup image to use from a centralized place. In that centralized place, add support for multiple platforms.
```
x-ref #38067
Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 51513, 51515, 50570, 51482, 51448)
Removes redundant prefix in cluster-lifecycle e2e test names
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
Removes redundant prefix in cluster-lifecycle e2e test names
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes #
Umbrella issue #49161
xref: #50054
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
/cc @jbeda
**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
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