- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - IPV6 load balancer policies are missing when service is configured with ipFamilyPolicy: RequireDualStack ([#115503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115503), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- kubeadm: Fixed a possible scenario where kubeadm can pull much newer control-plane images ([#69301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69301), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
- kubeadm now allows mixing of init/cluster and join configuration in a single YAML file (although a warning gets printed in this case).  ([#69426](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69426), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))

### SIG-OpenStack

* Fix machineID getting for vmss nodes when using instance metadata ([#62611](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62611), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* GCE: Bump GLBC version to 1.1.1 - fixing an issue of handling multiple certs with identical certificates ([#62751](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62751), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- 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]

### 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]

- 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]

- Fix memory leak on kube-scheduler preemption ([#111804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111804), [@amewayne](https://github.com/amewayne)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fixing issue on Windows nodes where HostProcess containers may not be created as expected. ([#110965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110965), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]

- 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]

- EndpointSlice controller is now less likely to emit FailedToUpdateEndpointSlices events. ([#100146](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100146), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]
- Fixing a bug where a failed node may not have the NoExecute taint set correctly ([#98943](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98943), [@CKchen0726](https://github.com/CKchen0726)) [SIG Apps and Node]