* remove time waiting after create storage account (save 25s) ([#56679](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56679), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Add pvc as part of equivalence hash ([#56577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56577), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

## Changelog since v1.9.0-beta.1

### Other notable changes

* Add pvc as part of equivalence hash ([#56577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56577), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

* Mark multi-scheduler graduation to beta and then v1. ([#38871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38871), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))
* Scheduler treats StatefulSet pods as belonging to a single equivalence class. ([#39718](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39718), [@foxish](https://github.com/foxish))

### SIG Scheduling

- The equivalence class cache has been redesigned to be a two level cache, resulting in a significant increase in scheduling throughput and performance. ([#65714](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65714), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

* Use monotonically increasing generation to prevent scheduler equivalence cache race. ([#67308](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67308), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))