`sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing\n`sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`),
  giving better information about the duration of each \nsync type, rather than
  only giving a weighted average of the two sync types together. ([#117787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117787), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

- [`KT-59718`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59718) K/JS: Concatenating a String with a Char can lead to boxing of the Char
- [`KT-59717`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59717) K/JS: a redundant boxing of a returned Char from an inline function

- Fixes an issue calculating total CPU usage reported for Windows nodes ([#122999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122999), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- Prevent watch cache starvation by moving its watch to separate RPC and add a SeparateCacheWatchRPC feature flag to disable this behavior ([#123693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123693), [@mengqiy](https://github.com/mengqiy)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Allow having empty paths in *path operations* used with `include_router` and a `prefix`.
    * This allows having a router for `/cats` and all its *path operations*, while having one of them for `/cats`.
    * Now it doesn't have to be only `/cats/` (with a trailing slash).

  - [Changelog since v1.26.0](#changelog-since-v1260)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [The PreEnqueue extension point doesn't work for Pods going to activeQ through backoffQ](#the-preenqueue-extension-point-doesnt-work-for-pods-going-to-activeq-through-backoffq)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

- Moving MixedProtocolLBService from beta to GA ([#112895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112895), [@janosi](https://github.com/janosi)) [SIG Apps, Network and Testing]

  // Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed.
  // Defaults to 1. Must be 1 for liveness and startup. Minimum value is 1.
  // +optional
  optional int32 successThreshold = 5;

  // Minimum consecutive failures for the probe to be considered failed after having succeeded.
  // Defaults to 3. Minimum value is 1.
  // +optional

* Fixes a performance issue ([#51899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51899)) identified in large-scale clusters when deleting thousands of pods simultaneously across hundreds of nodes, by actively removing containers of deleted pods, rather than waiting for periodic garbage collection and batching resulting pod API deletion requests. ([#53233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53233), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))