- Flag `--concurrent-node-syncs` has been added to cloud node controller which defines how many workers in parallel will be initialising and synchronising nodes. ([#113104](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113104), [@pawbana](https://github.com/pawbana)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider and Scalability]

`meta.k8s.io/v1beta1` and configurations must be changed to use the new API.  Clients may request alternate representations of normal Kubernetes objects by passing an `Accept` header like `application/json;as=Table;g=meta.k8s.io;v=v1beta1` or `application/json;as=PartialObjectMetadata;g=meta.k8s.io;v1=v1beta1`.  Older servers will ignore this representation or return an error if it is not available.  Clients may request fallback to the normal object by adding a non-qualified mime-type to their `Accept`...

- Authentication token cache size is increased (from 4k to 32k) to support clusters with many nodes or many namespaces with active service accounts. ([#83643](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83643), [@lavalamp](https://github.com/lavalamp))

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- Added a new scheduler metric, `pod_scheduling_sli_duration_seconds`,...

  Now, when unschedulable Pods are updated, the scheduling queue checks with QueueingHint(s) whether the update may make the pods schedulable, and requeues them to activeQ/backoffQ **only when** at least one QueueingHint(s) return Queue. 
  

* Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* Improve efficiency of preemption logic in clusters with many pending pods. ([#72895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72895), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- Fixed a regression in 1.29+ default configurations, where regular init containers may fail to start due to a temporary container runtime failure. ([#127162](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127162), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node]

- Fixed a bug where init containers may fail to start due to a temporary container runtime failure. ([#127213](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127213), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

- Revised `OpenAPI v2` fetching for CustomResourceDefinitions. CRDs are now aggregated lazily,
  which improves resource usage during installation of many CRDs. As a result, the first request
  to fetch the OpenAPI may be slower. ([#118808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118808), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))