- Made `apiextensions-apiserver` binary linking static (also affects the deb and rpm packages). ([#114226](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114226), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))

### SIG-OpenStack

  `sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing\n`sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`),
  giving better information about the duration of each \nsync type, rather than
  only giving a weighted average of the two sync types together. ([#117787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117787), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#116000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116000), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

* Allow having empty paths in *path operations* used with `include_router` and a `prefix`.
    * This allows having a router for `/cats` and all its *path operations*, while having one of them for `/cats`.
    * Now it doesn't have to be only `/cats/` (with a trailing slash).

     1. Be authorized to make the create or update API request
     2. Be allowed to bind the referenced role, either by already having all of the permissions contained in the referenced role, or by having the "bind" permission on the referenced role.

  // Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed.
  // Defaults to 1. Must be 1 for liveness and startup. Minimum value is 1.
  // +optional
  optional int32 successThreshold = 5;

  // Minimum consecutive failures for the probe to be considered failed after having succeeded.
  // Defaults to 3. Minimum value is 1.
  // +optional

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#116001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116001), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#115999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115999), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

### Bug or Regression

- Bump sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client to v0.0.30, fixing goroutine leaks in kube-apiserver. ([#108440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108440), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG API Machinery and Cloud Provider]