- Added new option to the `InterPodAffinity` scheduler plugin to ignore existing
  pods` preferred inter-pod affinities if the incoming pod has no preferred inter-pod
  affinities. This option can be used as an optimization for higher scheduling throughput
  (at the cost of an occasional pod being scheduled non-optimally/violating existing
  pods preferred inter-pod affinities). To enable this scheduler option, set the

 - The intree volume plugin flocker support was completely removed from Kubernetes. ([#111618](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111618), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

* Bugfix for erroneous upgrade needed messaging in kubernetes worker charm. ([#60873](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60873), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))
* Fix inter-pod anti-affinity check to consider a pod a match when all the anti-affinity terms match. ([#62715](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62715), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- User can now use component config to configure NodeLabel plugin for the scheduler framework. ([#84297](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84297), [@liu-cong](https://github.com/liu-cong))
- Optimize inter-pod affinity preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution type, up to 4x in some cases. ([#84264](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84264), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

- Existing InTree AzureFile PVs which don't have a secret namespace defined will now work properly after enabling CSI migration - the namespace will be obtained from ClaimRef. ([#108000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108000), [@RomanBednar](https:/...

- Change the mount way from systemd to normal mount except ceph and glusterfs intree-volume. ([#94916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94916), [@smileusd](https://github.com/smileusd)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider, Network, Node, Storage and Testing]

    <magic priority="50">
      <!-- MM.* = Big endian (M=Motorola) and 0x002a in big endian    -->
      <match value="MM\x00\x2a" type="string" offset="0"/>
      <!-- II*. = Little endian (I=Intel) and 0x002a in little endian -->
      <match value="II\x2a\x00" type="string" offset="0"/>
      <!-- MM.+ = Big endian (M=Motorola) and 0x002a in big endian-->
      <match value="MM\x00\x2b" type="string" offset="0"/>

- The Kubernetes API server merged selectors built from `matchLabelKeys` into the `labelSelector` of `topologySpreadConstraints`, aligning Pod Topology Spread behavior with Inter-Pod Affinity. To prevent breaking existing Pods using `matchLabelKeys`, this scheduler behavior was preserved until v1.34. Upgrades from v1.32 to v1.34 should be done incrementally (v1.32 → v1.33 → v1.34), ensuring Pods created at v1.32 with `matchLabelKeys`...

of the array. The notation <code>...</code> specifies an array length equal
to the maximum element index plus one.
</p>

<pre>
buffer := [10]string{}             // len(buffer) == 10
intSet := [6]int{1, 2, 3, 5}       // len(intSet) == 6
days := [...]string{"Sat", "Sun"}  // len(days) == 2
</pre>

<p>
A slice literal describes the entire underlying array literal.

- Etcd: Update to v3.5.3 ([#109471](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109471), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus))