- The `pod_scheduling_duration_seconds` metrics won't consider the time when a Pod fails PreEnqueue (like being gated). ([#118821](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118821), [@helayoty](https://github.com/helayoty)) [SIG Scheduling]

## Before Upgrading

Consider the following changes, limitations, and guidelines before you upgrade:

* The kubelet now fails if swap is enabled on a node. To override the default and run with /proc/swaps on, set `--fail-swap-on=false`. The experimental flag `--experimental-fail-swap-on` is deprecated in this release, and will be removed in a future release.

- The `pod_scheduling_duration_seconds` metrics won't consider the time when a pod fails `PreEnqueue` (like being gated). ([#118049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118049), [@helayoty](https://github.com/helayoty))
- The kube-proxy `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total` metric has now reverted back

- The API server now detects and fails on startup if there are conflicting issuers between JWT authenticators and service account configurations. Previously, such configurations would run but could be inconsistently effective depending on the credential. ([#123561](https://github.com/k...

  - A server-side apply request that makes unrelated changes to an object which has duplicate items in a keyed list no longer fails, and leaves the existing duplicate items as-is.

- Fixed DaemonSet to update the status even if it fails to create a pod. ([#114819](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114819), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Apps and Testing]