- Windows nodes on GCE will take longer to start due to dependencies installed at node creation time. ([#98284](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98284), [@pjh](https://github.com/pjh)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- `apiserver_storage_objects` (a newer version of `etcd_object_counts`) is promoted and marked as stable. ([#100082](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100082), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

### Uncategorized

- `apiserver_dropped_requests` is dropped from this release since `apiserver_request_total` can now be used to track dropped requests. `etcd_object_counts` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_storage_objects`. `apiserver_registered_watchers` is also removed in favor of `apiserver_longrunning_requests`. ([#110337](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110337), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))