2. Fixed a bug where the pod is unexpectedly running when the `image` volume source type is used and mounted to `/etc/hosts` in the container. ([#126806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126806), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Node and Storage]

- A new metric `lifecycle_handler_sleep_terminated_total` is added to record how many times LifecycleHandler sleep got unexpectedly terminated. ([#122456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122456), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

- Kubectl azure authentication: fixed a regression in 1.18.0 where "spn:" prefix was unexpectedly added to the `apiserver-id` configuration in the kubeconfig file ([#89706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89706), [@weinong](https://github.com/weinong)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

* Fix LoadBalancer rule checking so that no unexpected LoadBalancer updates are made ([#85990](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85990), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))



# v1.17.0

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

- Fixed a bug that caused an unexpected delay in creating Pods for newly created Jobs. ([#132109](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132109), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

  The incorrect loop logic might lead to a plugin being loaded multiple times, consequently preventing any Pod from being scheduled, which is unexpected. ([#122370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122370), [@caohe](https://github.com/caohe)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

  The incorrect loop logic might lead to a plugin being loaded multiple times, consequently preventing any Pod from being scheduled, which is unexpected. ([#122366](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122366), [@caohe](https://github.com/caohe)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fix: ignore the case when updating Azure tags (#104687, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Revert PR #102925 which introduced unexpected scheduling behavior based on balanced resource allocation (#105239, @damemi) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fix: ignore the case when updating Azure tags (#104686, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Revert PR #102925 which introduced unexpected scheduling behavior based on balanced resource allocation (#105238, @damemi) [SIG Scheduling]

  The incorrect loop logic might lead to a plugin being loaded multiple times, consequently preventing any Pod from being scheduled, which is unexpected. ([#122371](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122371), [@caohe](https://github.com/caohe)) [SIG Scheduling]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed