- The `priority_level_request_utilization` metric histogram is adjusted so that for the cases where `phase=waiting` the denominator is the cumulative capacity of all of the priority level's queues.

- Added `ObservedGeneration` to CustomResourceDefinition conditions. ([#134984](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134984), [@michaelasp](https://github.com/michaelasp))
- Added `WithOrigin` within `apis/core/validation` with adjusted tests. ([#132825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132825), [@PatrickLaabs](https://github.com/PatrickLaabs))

- The deprecated taints `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/notReady` and `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/unreachable` are no longer supported or adjusted. These uses should be replaced with `node.kubernetes.io/not-ready` and `node.kubernetes.io/unreachable`
 ([#73001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73001), [@shivnagarajan](https://github.com/shivnagarajan))

- the IP allocator in v1.17.0 can return errors such as `the cluster IP <ip> for service <service-name> is not within the service CIDR...

* Adds sample-cli-plugin staging repository ([#67938](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67938), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
* adjusted http/2 buffer sizes for apiservers to prevent starvation issues between concurrent streams ([#67902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67902), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* fix UnmountDevice failure on Windows ([#68608](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68608), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* adjusted http/2 buffer sizes for apiservers to prevent starvation issues between concurrent streams ([#67902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67902), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* adjusted http/2 buffer sizes for apiservers to prevent starvation issues between concurrent streams ([#67902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67902), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.6 ([#133522](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133522), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Adjusted the conformance test for the ServiceCIDR API to not test Patch/Update,

* Get public IP for Azure vmss nodes. ([#68498](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68498), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* adjusted http/2 buffer sizes for apiservers to prevent starvation issues between concurrent streams ([#67902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67902), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- kube-apiserver:...