* apply: fix detection of non-dry-run enabled servers ([#71854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71854), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))
* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))

- Kubeadm: Added error printing during retries related to the `WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents` functionality at verbosity level 5. ([#134433](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134433), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Ensured memory resizing for Guaranteed QoS pods on static Memory policy configurations was gated by `InPlacePodVerticalScalingExclusiveMemory` (defaults: `false`). ([#132473](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132473), [@pravk03](https://github.com/pravk03)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- When scaling down a ReplicaSet, delete doubled up replicas first, where a "doubled up replica" is defined as one that is on the same node as an active replica belonging to a related ReplicaSet.  ReplicaSets are considered "related" if they have a common controller (typically a Deployment). ([#80004](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80004), [@Miciah](https://github.com/Miciah))

* Fix issues related to the eviction manager.

* Fix inconsistent Prometheus cAdvisor metrics.

* Fix issues related to the local storage allocatable feature.

### Auth

* [GA] The RBAC API group has been promoted from v1beta1 to v1. No API changes were introduced.

- Resolves a performance regression in default 1.31+ configurations, related to the ConsistentListFromCache feature, where rapid create / update API requests across different namespaces encounter increased latency. ([#130136](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130136), [@AwesomePatrol](https://github.com/AwesomePatrol))...

  It may affect some metrics values related to the `NodeAffinity` Filter plugin. ([#114125](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114125), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))
- Scheduler now skips `InterPodAffinity` Filter plugin when `InterPodAffinity` Filter plugin has nothing to do with a Pod.

  It will affect some metrics values related to the InterPodAffinity Score plugin. ([#117794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117794), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling]
- The scheduler skips the `PodTopologySpread` Filter plugin if no spread constraints.

- Fixes a kubelet and kube-apiserver memory leak in default 1.29 configurations related to tracing. ([#126985](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126985), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]
- Fixes a regression introduced in 1.29 where conntrack entries for UDP connections

* HorizontalPodAutoscaler is no longer supported in extensions/v1beta1 version. Use autoscaling/v1 instead. ([#35782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35782), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* Fixes an HPA-related panic due to division-by-zero. ([#39694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39694), [@DirectXMan12](https://github.com/DirectXMan12))

### Certificates