* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* fix issue that pull image failed from a cross-subscription Azure Container Registry by SP access ([#66429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66429), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Fix for Nodes in vSphere lacking an InternalIP. ([#48760](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48760)) ([#49202](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49202), [@cbonte](https://github.com/cbonte))

* Fixed API server panic during concurrent GET or LIST requests with non-empty `resourceVersion`. ([#65092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65092), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

### Bug or Regression

- Fixed Azure Container Registry anonymous repo image pull error ([#74715](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74715), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
- Fixed parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk  ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### CLI

- Fix: Route controller should update routes with NodeIP changed ([#116360](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116360), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Moved pod affinity and anti-affinity from annotations to api fields [#25319](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25319) ([#39478](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39478), [@rrati](https://github.com/rrati))
* Add QoS pod status field ([#37968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37968), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

- StatefulSet autodelete will respect controlling owners on PVC claims as described in https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/4375 ([#126581](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126581), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary)) [SIG Apps, Storage and Testing]

verification is always pulled if authentication information from an image pull is not yet present, thus enforcing authentication / re-authentication. This means an image pull might be attempted even in cases where a pod requests the `IfNotPresent` image pull policy, and might lead to the pod not starting if its pull policy is `Never` and is unable to present authentication information that led to a previous successful pull of the image it is requesting. ([#128152](https://github.com/kubernetes/k...

- Fixes a regression in the kubelet restarting static pods. ([#108303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108303), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips)) [SIG Node and Testing]