By explicitly comparing the value to true, we let type-checking see the result will be a boolean, 
  and to make sure a non-boolean `email_verified` claim will be caught at runtime. ([#130875](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130875), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Auth and Release]

  - `io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.Status_v2` ([#110179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110179), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))
- Panics while calling validating admission webhook are caught and honor the fail open or fail closed setting. ([#108746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108746), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k)) [SIG API Machinery]