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What replaced dockershim as Kubernetes's interface to container runtimes?

The Container Runtime Interface (CRI), implemented by runtimes like containerd and CRI-O directly, removing the need for a Docker-specific compatibility shim and the Docker daemon dependency in the node's runtime path.

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