- Fix an issue with container restarts using a modified configmap or secret subpath volume mount. ([#89629](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89629), [@fatedier](https://github.com/fatedier)) [SIG Architecture, Storage and Testing]

* The protobuf serialization of API objects has been updated to store maps in a predictable order to ensure that the representation of that object does not change when saved into etcd. This prevents the same object from being seen as being modified, even when no values have changed. ([#47701](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47701), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- The list-type of the alpha `resourceClaims` field introduced to `Pods` in `1.26.0` was modified from `set` to `map`, resolving an incompatibility with use of this schema in `CustomResourceDefinitions` and with server-side apply. ([#114585](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114585), [@JoelSpeed](https://github.com/JoelSpeed))

### Other notable changes

* Bump GLBC version to 0.9.5 - fixes [loss of manually modified GCLB health check settings](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/47559) upon upgrade from pre-1.6.4 to either 1.6.4 or 1.6.5. ([#47567](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47567), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#88689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88689), [@Elias481](https://github.com/Elias481))...

- Kube-apiserver: resolved a regression that treated `304 Not Modified` responses from aggregated API servers as internal errors ([#112529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112529), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fixed the bug where if Endpointslices mirrored from Endpoints by the EndpointSliceMirroring controller they would not reconcile if modified. were not reconciled if modified ([#124131](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124131), [@zyjhtangtang](https://github.com/zyjhtangtang)) [SIG Apps and Network]

* [stable] The PV spec for Azure File, CephFS, iSCSI, and Glusterfs is modified to reference namespaced resources.

* [stable] You can now customize the iSCSI initiator name per volume in the iSCSI volume plugin.

- Modified the error message of `unmanagedFatal` to enhance clarity while preserving grammatical consistency with `unmanagedWarning`. This improvement ensures a more understandable prompt for users. ([#120159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120159),...

* fluentd-gcp resources can be modified via a ScalingPolicy. ([#59657](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59657), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))