- FieldManager no longer owns fields that get reset before the object is persisted (e.g. "status wiping"). ([#99661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99661), [@kevindelgado](https://github.com/kevindelgado)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Testing]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - IPV6 load balancer policies are missing when service is configured with ipFamilyPolicy: RequireDualStack ([#115503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115503), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

### SIG-OpenStack

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#116001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116001), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#115999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115999), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

* Fixed issue 63608, which is that under rare circumstances the ResourceQuota admission controller could lose track of an request in progress and time out after waiting 10 seconds for a decision to be made. ([#64598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64598), [@MikeSpreitzer](https://github.com/MikeSpreitzer))

- Kubeadm: Ensured waiting for `apiserver` uses a local client that doesn't reach to the control plane endpoint and instead reaches directly to the local API server endpoint. ([#134265](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134265), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

  `sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing\n`sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`),
  giving better information about the duration of each \nsync type, rather than
  only giving a weighted average of the two sync types together. ([#117787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117787), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

- Fixing issue with Winkernel Proxier - ClusterIP Loadbalancers are missing if the ExternalTrafficPolicy is set to Local and the available endpoints are all remoteEndpoints. ([#116000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116000), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

- Kubeadm: waiting for etcd learner member to be started before promoting during 'kubeadm join' ([#136366](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/136366), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]