- `kube-proxy` will only install the `DROP` rules for invalid `conntrack` states if

- Kubernetes e2e framework will use the url `invalid.registry.k8s.io/invalid` instead `invalid.com/invalid` for test that use an invalid registry. ([#107455](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107455), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

- Fix invalid VMSS updates due to incorrect cache ([#89002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89002), [@ArchangelSDY](https://github.com/ArchangelSDY)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Fallback from OpenAPI V3 to V2 when the OpenAPI V3 document is invalid or incomplete. ([#117980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117980), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3)) [SIG CLI]

- Fix invalid "time stamp is the future" error when kubectl cp-ing a file ([#73982](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73982), [@tanshanshan](https://github.com/tanshanshan))
- Fix a bug where `kubectl set config` hangs and uses 100% CPU on some invalid property names ([#79000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79000), [@pswica](https://github.com/pswica))

- Fix invalid VMSS updates due to incorrect cache ([#89002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89002), [@ArchangelSDY](https://github.com/ArchangelSDY)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Fix a panic when using invalid output format in kubectl create secret command ([#107345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107345), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz)) [SIG CLI]

- CustomResourceDefinition objects created with non-empty `caBundle` fields which are invalid or do not contain any certificates will not appear in discovery or serve endpoints until a valid `caBundle` is provided. Updates to CustomResourceDefinition are no longer allowed to transition a valid `caBundle` field to an invalid `caBundle` field, because this breaks serving of the existing CustomResourceDefinition. ([#124061](https://github.com/kubernetes/k...

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: Kubernetes JSON deserializer is now case-sensitive to restore compatibility with pre-1.8 servers. If your config files contains fields with wrong case, the config files will be now invalid. ([#65410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65410), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

### Other notable changes

- Validation now requires new StatefulSets with a `.spec.serviceName` field value to pass DNS1123 validation. Previously created StatefulSets with an invalid `.spec.serviceName` field value could not create any pods, and should be deleted.