- Messages of `DisruptionTarget` condition now excludes preemptor pod metadata ([#114914](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114914), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo))
- Optimized `LoadBalancer` creation with the help of attribute Internal Traffic Policy: `Local` ([#114407](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114407), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira))

    *   To prevent unauthorized access to CHAP Secrets, you can now set the secretNamespace storage class parameters for the following volume types:
        *   ScaleIO; StoragePool and ProtectionDomain attributes no longer default to the value default.  ([#54013](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54013),[ @vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))

 - Fix IPVS compatibility issue with older kernels (< 3.18) where the netlink address family attribute is not set ([#90678](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90678), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle, Network and Testing]

- `kubectl config set-context` can now set attributes of the current context, such as the current namespace, by passing `--current` instead of a specific context name ([#66140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66140), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Allow HPA to read custom metrics. ([#54854](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

* kubeadm: remove the AuditPolicyConfiguration feature gate ([#70807](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70807), [@Klaven](https://github.com/Klaven))
* Kubeadm:  attributes for join --control-plane workflow are now grouped into a dedicated JoinControlPlane struct ([#70870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70870), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

- AdmissionReview objects sent for the creation of Namespace API objects now populate the `namespace` attribute consistently (previously the `namespace` attribute was empty for Namespace creation via POST requests, and populated for Namespace creation via server-side-apply PATCH requests) ([#95012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95012), [@nodo](https://github.com/nodo))...

    * and CPU usage of the Kube controller manager.
* SubjectAccessReview requests sent for RBAC escalation, impersonation, and pod security policy authorization checks now populate the version attribute. ([#80007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80007), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* na ([#79892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79892), [@mikebrow](https://github.com/mikebrow))

- Kubelet: make the image pull time more accurate in event ([#114271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114271), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Node]
- Optimizing loadbalancer creation with the help of attribute Internal Traffic Policy: Local ([#114467](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114467), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

- Optimizing loadbalancer creation with the help of attribute Internal Traffic Policy: Local ([#114466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114466), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]