- Add flag --lease-reuse-duration-seconds for kube-apiserver to config etcd lease reuse duration. ([#97009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97009), [@lingsamuel](https://github.com/lingsamuel)) [SIG API Machinery and Scalability]

- A fix in the `resource.k8s.io/v1alpha1/ResourceClaim` API avoids harmless (?) ".status.reservedFor: element 0: associative list without keys has an element that's a map type" errors in the apiserver. Validation now rejects the incorrect reuse of the same UID in different entries. ([#115354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115354), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

        * [Override the default exception handlers](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/handling-errors/#override-the-default-exception-handlers).
        * [Reuse **FastAPI's** exception handlers](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/handling-errors/#reuse-fastapis-exception-handlers).
    * PR [#273](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/273).

* Fix support for *paths* in *path parameters* without needing explicit `Path(...)`.

  * Add secretbox and AES-CBC encryption modes to at rest encryption. AES-CBC is considered superior to AES-GCM because it is resistant to nonce-reuse attacks, and secretbox uses Poly1305 and XSalsa20. ([#46916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46916), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

* Bug fixes:

* A cluster-autoscaler ClusterRole is added to cover only the functionality required by Cluster Autoscaler and avoid abusing system:cluster-admin role. Cloud providers other than GCE might want to update their deployments or sample yaml files to reuse the role created via add-on. ([#64503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64503), [@kgolab](https://github.com/kgolab))

### SIG Azure

- Don't use a custom dialer for the kubelet if is not rotating certificates, so we can reuse TCP connections and have only one between the apiserver and the kubelet.

* Add secretbox and AES-CBC encryption modes to at rest encryption.  AES-CBC is considered superior to AES-GCM because it is resistant to nonce-reuse attacks, and secretbox uses Poly1305 and XSalsa20. ([#46916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46916), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

    * action required: Cloud providers other than GCE might want to update their deployments or sample yaml files to reuse the role created via add-on.

### Other notable changes

    * action required: Cloud providers other than GCE might want to update their deployments or sample yaml files to reuse the role created via add-on.

### Other notable changes

- A fix in the resource.k8s.io/v1alpha1/ResourceClaim API avoids harmless (?) ".status.reservedFor: element 0: associative list without keys has an element that's a map type" errors in the apiserver. Validation now rejects the incorrect reuse of the same UID in different entries. ([#115354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115354), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery]