# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners

options:
  # make root approval non-recursive
  no_parent_owners: true
approvers:
  - release-engineering-approvers
  - release-managers
  - AuraSinis # 1.24 Release Notes Lead
  - cici37 # 1.23 Release Notes Lead
  - csantanapr # 1.25 Release Notes Lead
  - harshanarayana # 1.27 Release Notes Lead
  - ramrodo # 1.26 Release Notes Lead
  - sanchita-07 # 1.28 Release Notes Lead

- Fixed a data race when emitting similar Events consecutively ([#114236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114236), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))
- Fixed a log line in scheduler that inaccurately implies that volume binding has finalized ([#116018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116018), [@TommyStarK](https://github.com/TommyStarK))

* Fix race causing apiserver crashes during etcd healthchecking ([#60069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60069), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Increase allowed lag for ssh key sync loop in tunneler to allow for one failure ([#60068](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60068), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- Fixed a data race in TopologyCache when `AddHints` and `SetNodes` are called concurrently. ([#117249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117249), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Apps and Network]

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- Make STS available replicas optional again. ([#109241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109241), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- This release added support for `NodeExpandSecret` for CSI driver client which enables the CSI drivers to make use of this secret while performing node expansion operation based on the user request. Previously there was no secret  provided as part of the `nodeexpansion` call, thus CSI drivers did not make use of the same while expanding the volume at the node side. ([#105963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105963), [@zhucan](https://github.com/zhucan))...

- Fixed a potential data race in DRA with no known real-world implications. ([#123222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123222), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))
- Fixed a race condition in the iptables mode of kube-proxy in `1.27` and later
  that could result in some updates getting lost (e.g., when a service gets a

- Apiserver `/healthz/etcd` endpoint rate limits the number of forwarded health check requests to the etcd backends, answering with the last known state if the rate limit is exceeded. The rate limit is based on 1/2 of the timeout configured, with no burst allowed. ([#112046](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112046), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))...