`sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing\n`sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`),
  giving better information about the duration of each \nsync type, rather than
  only giving a weighted average of the two sync types together. ([#117787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117787), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

- DRA: The scheduler plugin prevented abnormal filter runtimes by timing out after 10 seconds. This was configurable via the plugin configuration's `FilterTimeout`. Setting it to zero disabled the timeout and restored the behavior of Kubernetes <= 1.33. ([#132033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132033),...

- When creating a PVC with the volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner annotation already set, the PV controller might have incorrectly deleted the newly provisioned PV instead of binding it to the PVC, depending on timing and system load. ([#95909](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95909), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#115999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115999), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - IPV6 load balancer policies are missing when service is configured with ipFamilyPolicy: RequireDualStack ([#115503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115503), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#116001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116001), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

feature gate `UnversionedKubeletConfigMap` to GA and locked it to `true` by default. The kubelet related ConfigMap and RBAC rules are now locked to have a simplified naming `*kubelet-config` instead of the legacy naming `*kubelet-config-x.yy`, where `x.yy` was the version of the control plane. If you have previously used the old naming format with `UnversionedKubeletConfigMap=false`, you must manually copy the config map from `kube-system/kubelet-config-x.yy` to `kube-system/kubelet-config` before...

### SIG-OpenStack

- Fixed the issue where pod with ordinal number lower than the rolling partitioning number was being deleted. It was coming up with updated image. ([#120731](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120731), [@adilGhaffarDev](https://github.com/adilGhaffarDev))

* Fix machineID getting for vmss nodes when using instance metadata ([#62611](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62611), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* GCE: Bump GLBC version to 1.1.1 - fixing an issue of handling multiple certs with identical certificates ([#62751](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62751), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))