- Fixed incorrect behavior of preemptor pod when preemption of the victim takes long to complete. The preemptor pod should not be circling in scheduling cycles until preemption is finished. ([#134294](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134294), [@ania-borowiec](https://github.com/ania-borowiec)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

* 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. ([#72259](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72259), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- Reduce the number of calls to docker for stats via dockershim. For Windows this reduces the latency when calling docker, for Linux this saves cpu cycles. ([#104287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104287), [@jsturtevant](https://github.com/jsturtevant)) [SIG Node and Windows]

- Remove support for the Service `topologyKeys` field (alpha) and the `kube-proxy` implementation of it. This field was deprecated several cycles ago. This functionality is replaced by the combination of automatic topology hints per-endpoint (alpha) and the Service `internalTrafficPolicy` field (alpha). ([#102412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102412), [@andrewsykim](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. ([#72259](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72259), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- Scheduler now waits for handlers to finish syncing before the scheduling cycles start. ([#116729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116729), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

* 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))

### Bug or Regression

- Expose --applyconfig-openapi-schema flag for client generation and fix applyconfig-gen to not create import cycles ([#124371](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124371), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG API Machinery]

* 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))

until there are no variables ready for initialization.
</p>

<p>
If any variables are still uninitialized when this
process ends, those variables are part of one or more initialization cycles,
and the program is not valid.
</p>

<p>
Multiple variables on the left-hand side of a variable declaration initialized
by single (multi-valued) expression on the right-hand side are initialized