- Kubelet: Fixed an internal deadlock that caused the connection to a DRA driver to become unusable after being idle for 30 minutes. ([#133926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133926), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

## Changelog since v1.6.0

### Other notable changes

* Fix a deadlock in kubeadm master initialization. ([#43835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43835), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Kubelet: the connection to a DRA driver became unusable because of an internal deadlock when a connection was idle for 30 minutes. ([#133934](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133934), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Node]

- Active watches of custom resources now terminate properly if the CRD is modified. ([#78029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78029), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Set node external IP for azure node when disabling UseInstanceMetadata ([#60959](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60959), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fixes potential deadlock when deleting CustomResourceDefinition for custom resources with finalizers ([#60542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60542), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kube-apiserver: Get, GetList and Watch requests that should be served by the apiserver cacher during shutdown will be rejected to avoid a deadlock situation leaving requests hanging. ([#108414](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108414), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

* Fixes `kubectl create secret docker-registry` compatibility ([#72344](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72344), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix race condition introduced by graceful termination which can lead to a deadlock in kube-proxy ([#72361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72361), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

* Enable audit log in local cluster ([#42379](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42379), [@xilabao](https://github.com/xilabao))
* Fix a deadlock in kubeadm master initialization. ([#43835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43835), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

* Fix race condition introduced by graceful termination which can lead to a deadlock in kube-proxy ([#72361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72361), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

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