- To avoid soft-deleted pods incorrectly affecting scale up replica count calculations, the HPA controller will stop counting soft-deleted pods for scaling purposes. ([#67067](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67067), [@moonek](https://github.com/moonek))

- The `matchLabelKeys/mismatchLabelKeys` feature is introduced to the hard/soft `PodAffinity/PodAntiAffinity`. ([#116065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116065), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))

  // means that this volume does not belong to any StorageClass.
  // +optional
  optional string storageClassName = 6;

  // mountOptions is the list of mount options, e.g. ["ro", "soft"]. Not validated - mount will
  // simply fail if one is invalid.
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#mount-options
  // +optional
  repeated string mountOptions = 7;

- Add possibility to configure controller manager to use IPv6 dual stack:
  use `--cluster-cidr="<cidr1>,<cidr2>"`.
  Notes:
  1. Only the first two CIDRs are used (soft limits for Alpha, might be lifted later on).
  2. Only the "RangeAllocator" (default) is allowed as a value for `--cidr-allocator-type`. Cloud allocators are not compatible with IPv6 dual stack

* Azure cloudprovider: Fix controller manager crash issue on a manually created k8s cluster. ([#53694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53694), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fix a bug where soft eviction would not trigger when the threshold was crossed ([#52046](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52046), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

* By default, clusters on GCE no longer sends RequestReceived audit event, if advanced audit is configured. ([#52343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52343), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))
* [BugFix] Soft Eviction timer works correctly ([#52046](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52046), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

* By default, clusters on GCE no longer send RequestReceived audit event, if advanced audit is configured. ([#52343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52343), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))
* [BugFix] Soft Eviction timer works correctly ([#52046](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52046), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

### Avoiding Collisions in IP allocation to Services

Kubernetes 1.24 introduced a new opt-in feature that allows you to
[soft-reserve a range for static IP address assignments](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#service-ip-static-sub-range)
to Services.