- Added new option to the `InterPodAffinity` scheduler plugin to ignore existing
  pods` preferred inter-pod affinities if the incoming pod has no preferred inter-pod
  affinities. This option can be used as an optimization for higher scheduling throughput
  (at the cost of an occasional pod being scheduled non-optimally/violating existing
  pods preferred inter-pod affinities). To enable this scheduler option, set the

### **Apps**

*   The `kubernetes.io/created-by` annotation is no longer added to controller-created objects. Use the `metadata.ownerReferences` item with controller set to `true` to determine which controller, if any, owns an object. ([#54445](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54445),[ @crimsonfaith91](https://github.com/crimsonfaith91))

- Fix kubectl diff so it doesn't actually persist patches ([#89795](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89795), [@julianvmodesto](https://github.com/julianvmodesto)) [SIG CLI and Testing]
- Fix: get attach disk error due to missing item in max count table ([#89768](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89768), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

* servicecontroller: Fix node selection logic on initial LB creation ([#45773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45773), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Fix iSCSI iSER mounting. ([#47281](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47281), [@mtanino](https://github.com/mtanino))

- Fixed a bug where using `kubectl patch` with `$deleteFromPrimitiveList` on a nonexistent or empty list would add the item to the list ([#105421](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105421), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

  - A server-side apply request that changes an object which has duplicate items in a keyed list, and modifies the duplicated item removes the duplicates and replaces them with the single item contained in the server-side apply request. ([#121575](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121575), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

  * Improves performance of Cinder volume attach/detach operations. ([#41785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41785), [@jamiehannaford](https://github.com/jamiehannaford))

  * Fix iSCSI iSER mounting. ([#47281](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47281), [@mtanino](https://github.com/mtanino))