- Replaced `apiserver_storage_db_total_size_in_bytes` with `apiserver_storage_size_bytes` metric. ([#118812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118812), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))
- 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))

- Fixed missing delete events on informer re-lists to ensure all delete events were correctly emitted and using the latest known object state, so that all event handlers and stores always reflect the actual apiserver state as best as possible ([#115620](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115620), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge))

* Fix a scheduler panic due to internal cache inconsistency ([#71063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71063), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
* apiserver: fixes handling and logging of panics in REST handlers to prevent crashes ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fix EndpointSlice controller race condition and ensure that it handles external changes to EndpointSlices. ([#85703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85703), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]

- The maximum length of the `CSINode` id field has increased to 256 bytes to match the CSI spec. ([#104160](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104160), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))
- Troubleshooting: informers log handlers that take more than 100 milliseconds to process an object if the `DeltaFIFO` queue starts to grow beyond 10 elements. ([#103917](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103917), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

- Fixed an issue with stuck connections handling error responses ([#71412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71412), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- apiserver: fixed handling and logging of panics in REST handlers ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- `Scheduler` now registers event handlers dynamically. ([#101394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101394), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix missing delete events on informer re-lists to ensure all delete events are correctly emitted and using the latest known object state, so that all event handlers and stores always reflect the actual apiserver state as best as possible ([#115900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115900), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fixed an issue with the `garbagecollection` controller registering duplicate event handlers if discovery requests failed. ([#117992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- 'Container `preStop` and `postStart` lifecycle handlers using `httpGet` now
  honor the specified `scheme` and `headers` fields. This enables setting custom
  headers and changing the scheme to `HTTPS`, consistent with container
  startup/readiness/liveness probe capabilities. Lifecycle handlers configured
  with `scheme: HTTPS` that encounter errors indicating the endpoint is actually