- Sets JobTrackingWithFinalizers, a beta feature, as disabled by default, due to unresolved bug https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/109485 ([#109487](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109487), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))

## Changelog since v1.23.6

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Resolved a performance issue in the node authorizer index maintenance. ([#87693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87693), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Auth]

- the IP allocator in v1.17.0 can return errors such as `the cluster IP...

- Kube-apiserver: Resolved an issue causing unnecessary warning log messages about enabled alpha APIs during API server startup. ([#135327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135327), [@michaelasp](https://github.com/michaelasp))

- Set a low `oom_score_adj` for containers in pods with system-critical priorities ([#73758](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73758), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))
- kubelet: Resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique `ConfigMap/Secret` references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kube-apiserver: resolved a regression that treated `304 Not Modified` responses from aggregated API servers as internal errors. ([#112526](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112526), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* fix get azure accounts timeout issue when there is no out-bound IP ([#74191](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74191), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Update Cluster Autoscaler to 1.16.0; changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.16.0 ([#82501](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82501), [@losipiuk](https://github.com/losipiuk))
* Resolved regression serving custom resources with unhandled validation schemas with the ServerSideApply feature enabled ([#82438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82438), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  
  Action required for custom scheduler plugin developers:
  Plugins **have to** implement a QueueingHint for Pod/Update event if the rejection from them could be resolved by updating unscheduled Pods themselves.
  Example: suppose you develop a custom plugin that denies Pods that have a `schedulable=false` label.