- Kubeadm: apply the "node.kubernetes.io/exclude-from-external-load-balancers" label on control plane nodes during "init", "join" and "upgrade" to preserve backwards compatibility with the lagacy LB mode where nodes labeled as "master" where excluded. To opt-out you can remove the label from a node. See #97543 and the linked KEP for more details. ([#98269](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98269),...

- When a PreFilterResult filters out certain Nodes, the scheduling framework now categorizes them as rejected via `UnschedulableAndUnresolvable`. Consequently, these nodes are excluded from the candidates for the preemption process. Additionally, this update corrects how the scheduling framework handles the Unschedulable status from PreFilter. Previously, if PreFilter returned `Unschedulable`, it could lead to an unexpected abortion in the preemption process, which shouldn't...

  - The calculations for Pod topology spread skew now excludes nodes that
  don't match the node affinity/selector. This may lead to unschedulable pods if you previously had pods
  matching the spreading selector on those excluded nodes (not matching the node affinity/selector),

- Discovery document will correctly return the resources for aggregated apiservers that do not implement aggregated disovery ([#115770](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115770), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))
- Excluded preemptor pod metadata in the event message ([#114923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114923), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo))
- Expanded the partial fix for https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/111539

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  - **apiserver_flowcontrol_priority_level_seat_count_watermarks**: histograms of high and low watermarks of number of seats occupied by executing requests (both regular and final-delay phases included), broken down by priority_level.

      - [Security](#security-1)
      - [Scalability](#scalability)
  - [**External Dependency Version Information**](#external-dependency-version-information)
    - [Previous Releases Included in v1.7.0](#previous-releases-included-in-v170)
- [v1.7.0-rc.1](#v170-rc1)
  - [Downloads for v1.7.0-rc.1](#downloads-for-v170-rc1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-17)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-17)

### Docs

* 📝 Tweak and improve docs for Request Files. PR [#4470](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4470) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

    *   Federation-specific behavior will no longer be included in kubectl
    *   kubefed will no longer be released as part of Kubernetes
    *   The Federation servers will no longer be included in the hyperkube binary and image. ([#53816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53816),[ @marun](https://github.com/marun))

### **Node**

- Revised the logic for `DaemonSet` rolling update to exclude nodes if scheduling constraints are not met. This eliminates the problem of rolling updates to a `DaemonSet` getting stuck around tolerations. ([#119317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119317), [@mochizuki875](https://github.com/mochizuki875))...