* Fix handling tombstones in pod-disruption-budged controller. ([#83951](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83951), [@zouyee](https://github.com/zouyee))

- Fixes a panic in kube-controller-manager handling StatefulSet objects when revisionHistoryLimit is negative ([#129325](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129325), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG Apps]

* apiserver: fixes handling and logging of panics in REST handlers to prevent crashes ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Improved performance of the job controller when handling job delete events. ([#127378](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127378), [@hakuna-matatah](https://github.com/hakuna-matatah))
- Improved performance of the job controller when handling job update events. ([#127228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127228), [@hakuna-matatah](https://github.com/hakuna-matatah))

- Bump debian-base to v1.0.1 and debian-iptables to v11.0.3 ([#88882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88882), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair)) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle, Release and Testing]

- Fixed an issue with stuck connections handling error responses ([#71412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71412), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- apiserver: fixed handling and logging of panics in REST handlers ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.18.3

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Resolve regression in metadata.managedFields handling in update/patch requests submitted by older API clients ([#92007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92007), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Feature

    Kubernetes-managed containers on the node.
  * It is not compatible with CNI plugins that do not conform to the
    [error handling behavior in the spec](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/blob/master/SPEC.md#network-configuration-list-error-handling).
    The plugins are being updated to resolve this issue ([#43488](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43488)).

* apiserver: fixes handling and logging of panics in REST handlers to prevent crashes ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fixes an issue with stuck connections handling error responses ([#71419](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71419), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.23.4

## Changes by Kind

### API Change