</li>

	<li>
	Array types are comparable if their array element types are comparable.
	Two array values are equal if their corresponding element values are equal.
	The elements are compared in ascending index order, and comparison stops
	as soon as two element values differ (or all elements have been compared).
	</li>

	<li>

  * Strategic Merge Patch

    * Reference docs now display the patch type and patch merge key used by `kubectl apply` to merge and identify unique elements in arrays.

      * `kubectl edit` and `kubectl apply` will keep the ordering of elements in merged lists ([#45980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45980), [@mengqiy](https://github.com/mengqiy))

- Improved how the API server responds to **list** requests where the response format negotiates to Protobuf. List responses in Protobuf are marshalled one element at the time, drastically reducing memory needed to serve large collections. Streaming list responses can be disabled via the `StreamingCollectionEncodingToProtobuf` feature gate. ([#129407](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129407), [...

* Support German cloud for azure disk mount feature ([#50673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50673), [@clement-buchart](https://github.com/clement-buchart))
* Fix overlay2 container disk metrics for Docker and CRI-O ([#54827](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54827), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

### API Change

* NetworkPolicies can now target specific pods in other namespaces by including both a namespaceSelector and a podSelector in the same peer element. ([#60452](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60452), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

* Support German cloud for azure disk mount feature ([#50673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50673), [@clement-buchart](https://github.com/clement-buchart))
* Add s390x to juju kubernetes ([#52537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52537), [@ktsakalozos](https://github.com/ktsakalozos))

- Troubleshooting: informers log handlers that take more than 100 milliseconds to process an object if the `DeltaFIFO` queue starts to grow beyond 10 elements. ([#103917](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103917), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

## Changelog since v1.26.1

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96092), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Do not fail sorting empty elements. ([#94666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94666), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG CLI]