- Content-type and verb for request metrics are now bounded to a known set. ([#89451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89451), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan)) [SIG API Machinery and Instrumentation]

* Audit logging with buffering enabled can increase apiserver memory usage (e.g. up to 200MB in 100-node cluster). The increase is bounded by the buffer size (configurable). Ref: issue [#60500](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60500) ([#61118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61118), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))

- Running `kubectl describe pvc` now shows which pods are mounted to the pvc being described with the `Mounted By` field ([#65837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65837), [@clandry94](https://github.com/clandry94))

* Bugfix: csi plugin supporting raw block that does not need attach mounted failed ([#79920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79920), [@cwdsuzhou](https://github.com/cwdsuzhou))

- Static pods were taking extra time to be restarted after being updated.  Static pods that are waiting to restart were not correctly counted in `kubelet_working_pods`. ([#116995](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116995), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG Node]

* Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx))
* fix: azure disk could not mounted on Standard_DC4s/DC2s instances ([#86612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86612), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Fixes an issue where Portworx volumes cannot be mounted if 9001 port is already in use on the host and users remap 9001 to another port. ([#70392](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70392), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))

* Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx))
* fix: azure disk could not mounted on Standard_DC4s/DC2s instances ([#86612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86612), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx))
* fix: azure disk could not mounted on Standard_DC4s/DC2s instances ([#86612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86612), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### Bug or Regression

- Cherry-pick #115769: Fix the problem Pod terminating stuck because of trying to umount not actual mounted dir. ([#119832](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119832), [@cartermckinnon](https://github.com/cartermckinnon)) [SIG Node and Storage]