- CEL regex patterns in x-kubernetes-valiation rules are compiled when CRDs are created/updated if the pattern is provided as a string constant in the expression. Any regex compile errors are reported as a CRD create/update validation error. ([#108617](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108617), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

company

// compare : Registry Services, LLC
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/compare.html
compare

// computer : Binky Moon, LLC
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/computer.html
computer

// comsec : VeriSign, Inc.
// https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/comsec.html
comsec

// condos : Binky Moon, LLC

metrics gathering and debug information dumping must be imported by specific e2e test suites. Init packages are provided which can be imported to re-enable the functionality that traditionally was in the core framework. If you have code that no longer compiles because of this PR, you can use the script [from a commit message](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112043/commits/dfdf88d4faafa6fd39988832ea0ef6d668f490e9) to update that code. ([#112043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112043),...

* kubectl built for darwin from darwin now enables cgo to use the system-native C libraries for DNS resolution. Cross-compiled kubectl (e.g. from an official kubernetes release) still uses the go-native netgo DNS implementation.  ([#64219](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64219), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))

* Implementers of the cloud provider interface will note the addition of a context to this interface. Trivial code modification will be necessary for a cloud provider to continue to compile. ([#59287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59287), [@cheftako](https://github.com/cheftako))

- The feature gate `RootCAConfigMap` graduated to GA in v1.21 and therefore will...

- Fix throttling issues when Azure VM computer name prefix is different from VMSS name ([#92793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92793), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Component-base/logs: when compiled with Go >= 1.21, component-base will automatically configure the slog default logger together with initializing klog. ([#120696](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120696), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture,...

- Migrated scheduler files `comparer.go`, `dumper.go`, `node_tree.go` to structured logging ([#105968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105968), [@shivanshu1333](https://github.com/shivanshu1333)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]

* adds dynamic shared informers to write generic, non-generated controllers ([#69308](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69308), [@p0lyn0mial](https://github.com/p0lyn0mial))
* Move CacheComparer to pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/comparer. ([#69317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69317), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))