- Fixed a regression in default 1.27 configurations in kube-apiserver: fixed the AggregatedDiscoveryEndpoint feature (beta in 1.27+) to successfully fetch discovery information from aggregated API servers that do not check `Accept` headers when serving the `/apis` endpoint ([#120360](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120360), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree)) [SIG API Machinery]

- The deprecated flag `--lock-object-namespace` and `--lock-object-name` have been removed from kube-scheduler. Please use `--leader-elect-resource-namespace` and `--leader-elect-resource-name` or ComponentConfig instead to configure those parameters. ([#119130](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119130), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Scheduling]

- 'Container `preStop` and `postStart` lifecycle handlers using `httpGet` now
  honor the specified `scheme` and `headers` fields. This enables setting custom
  headers and changing the scheme to `HTTPS`, consistent with container
  startup/readiness/liveness probe capabilities. Lifecycle handlers configured

- Fixed a regression in the kubelet's behavior while creating a container when the `EventedPLEG` feature...