* Improve scheduler performance of MatchInterPodAffinity predicate. ([#57476](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57476), [@misterikkit](https://github.com/misterikkit))
* Improve scheduler performance of MatchInterPodAffinity predicate. ([#57477](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57477), [@misterikkit](https://github.com/misterikkit))

* Performance of the affinity/anti-affinity predicate for the default scheduler has been significantly improved. ([#62211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62211), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

    *   The VolumeScheduling feature gate must also be enabled on kube-scheduler and kube-controller-manager components.
    *   The NoVolumeNodeConflict predicate has been removed.  For non-default schedulers, update your scheduler policy.
    *   The CheckVolumeBinding predicate must be enabled in non-default schedulers. ([#55039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55039),[ @msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### **OpenStack**

- The `Should recreate evicted statefulset` conformance [test]( https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go) fails because `Pod ss-0 expected to be re-created at least once`. This was caused by the `Predicate PodFitsHostPorts failed` scheduling error. The root cause was a host port conflict for port `21017`. This port was in-use as an ephemeral port by another application running on the node. This will be looked at for the 1.18 release.

- Performance of the anti-affinity predicate of the default scheduler has been improved. ([#66948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66948), [@mohamed-mehany](https://github.com/mohamed-mehany))

- Fixed [121094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121094) by re-introducing the readiness predicate for `externalTrafficPolicy: Local` services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

* Aggregated used ports at the NodeInfo level for PodFitsHostPorts predicate. ([#42524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42524), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix 121094 by re-introducing the readiness predicate for externalTrafficPolicy: Local services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]

- Removed the recently re-introduced schedulability predicate ([#109706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109706)) as to not have unschedulable nodes removed from load balancers back-end pools. ([#111691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111691), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https:/...

### Bug or Regression

- Fix 121094 by re-introducing the readiness predicate for externalTrafficPolicy: Local services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]