- For kube-up and derived configurations, CoreDNS will honor master taints, for consistency with kube-dns behavior. ([#70868](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70868), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

### Feature

## Changelog since v1.15.6

### Other notable changes

* Change GCP ILB firewall names to contain the "k8s-fw-" prefix like the rest of the firewall rules. This is needed for consistency and also for other components to identify the firewall rule as k8s/service-controller managed. ([#84622](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84622), [@prameshj](https://github.com/prameshj))

resource version option, when passed to a list call, is now consistently interpreted as the minimum allowed resource version.  Previously when listing resources that had the watch cache disabled clients could retrieve a snapshot at that exact resource version.  If the client requests a resource version newer than the current state, a TimeoutError is returned suggesting the client retry in a few seconds.  This behavior is now consistent for both single item retrieval and list calls, and for when the...

- Kubeadm: add the flag "--experimental-initial-corrupt-check" to etcd static Pod manifests to ensure etcd member data consistency ([#109076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109076), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

- Component-base: make the validation logic about LeaderElectionConfiguration consistent between component-base and client-go ([#111758](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111758), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG API Machinery and Scheduling]

* change apps/v1beta2 StatefulSet observedGeneration (optional field) from a pointer to an int for consistency ([#49607](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49607), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

- Kubeadm: added the flag `--experimental-initial-corrupt-check` to etcd static Pod manifests to ensure etcd member data consistency ([#109074](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109074), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Bookmark events are now sent immediately after all items in the watchCache store have been processed, improving consistency in client behavior. ([#127012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127012), [@Chaunceyctx](https://github.com/Chaunceyctx))

- Modified the error message of `unmanagedFatal` to enhance clarity while preserving grammatical consistency with `unmanagedWarning`. This improvement ensures a more understandable prompt for users. ([#120159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120159), [@Ithrael](https://github.com/Ithrael))

### Failing Test