* Fix false positive "meaningful conflict" detection for strategic merge patch with integer values. ([#44788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44788), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

* Add iptables rules to allow Pod traffic even when default iptables policy is to reject. ([#52569](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52569), [@tmjd](https://github.com/tmjd))
* Validate positive capacity for PVs and PVCs. ([#55532](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55532), [@ianchakeres](https://github.com/ianchakeres))

  // Optional duration in seconds the pod may be active on the node relative to
  // StartTime before the system will actively try to mark it failed and kill associated containers.
  // Value must be a positive integer.
  // +optional
  optional int64 activeDeadlineSeconds = 5;

  // Set DNS policy for the pod.
  // Defaults to "ClusterFirst".

- Fixed an issue blocking azure auth to prompt to device code authentication flow when refresh token expires. ([#102063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102063), [@tdihp](https://github.com/tdihp))
- Fixed false-positive uncertain volume attachments, which led to unexpected detachment of CSI migrated volumes ([#101737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101737), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

     other widely used forms
   * Where there's a hierarchy in the types, list it via a parent
   * Highly specific magic matches get a high priority
   * General magic matches which could trigger a false-positive need
     a low one
   * The priority for containers normally need to be higher than for
     the things they contain, so they don't accidently get detected
     as what's in them

* New [WebSocketException (and docs)](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/websockets/#using-depends-and-others), re-exported from Starlette.

* Fix false positive "meaningful conflict" detection for strategic merge patch with integer values. ([#44788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44788), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

* kubelet `--cert-dir` now defaults to `/var/lib/kubelet/pki`, in order to ensure bootstrapped and rotated certificates persist beyond a reboot. resolves an issue in kubeadm with false-positive `/var/lib/kubelet is not empty` message during pre-flight checks ([#53317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53317), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fix: not tagging static public IP ([#101752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101752), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed false-positive uncertain volume attachments, which led to unexpected detachment of CSI migrated volumes ([#101737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101737), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

  -Inf      y         -Inf            y    // negative infinity is smaller than any other number
  +Inf      y            y         +Inf    // positive infinity is larger than any other number
   NaN      y          NaN          NaN    // if any argument is a NaN, the result is a NaN
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