* fix detach azure disk back off issue which has too big lock in failure retry condition ([#76573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76573), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Increase Azure default maximumLoadBalancerRuleCount to 250. ([#72621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72621), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* `kubectl wait` is a new command that allows waiting for one or more resources to be deleted or to reach a specific condition. It adds a `kubectl wait --for=[delete|condition=condition-name] resource/string` command. ([#64034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64034), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* Fixed a race condition causing apiserver crashes during etcd healthchecking. ([#60069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60069), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- A new `TaintNodesByCondition` admission plugin taints newly created Node objects as "not ready", to fix a race condition that could cause pods to be scheduled on new nodes before their taints were updated to accurately reflect their reported conditions. This admission plugin is enabled by default if the `TaintNodesByCondition` feature is enabled. ([#73097](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73097), [@bsalamat](https:/...

* Fix a race condition in the scheduler preemption logic that could cause nominatedNodeName of a pod not to be considered in one or more scheduling cycles. ([#72504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72504), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- Fixed a race condition between `Run()` and `SetTransform()` and `SetWatchErrorHandler()` in shared informers. ([#117870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117870), [@howardjohn](https://github.com/howardjohn)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))
* Bump Heapster to v1.5.2 ([#61396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61396), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

  - update distroless-iptables to v0.4.5 ([#123229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123229), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Fixes a race condition in the iptables mode of kube-proxy in 1.27 and later
  that could result in some updates getting lost (e.g., when a service gets a
  new endpoint, the rules for the new endpoint might not be added until

- Delay setting terminal Job conditions until all pods are terminal.
  
  Additionally, the FailureTarget condition is also added to the Job object in the first Job
  status update as soon as the failure conditions are met (backoffLimit is exceeded, maxFailedIndexes, 
  or activeDeadlineSeconds is exceeded).
  
  Similarly, the SuccessCriteriaMet condition is added in the first update as soon as the expected number

* [alpha] Users can now add taints to nodes by condition ([design doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/scheduling/taint-node-by-condition.md))

#### Storage

* [stable] Mount options

  * The ability to specify mount options for volumes is moved from beta to stable.