- Fixes 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
  new endpoint, the rules for the new endpoint might not be added until
  much later). ([#122815](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122815), [@wedaly](https://github.com/wedaly)) [SIG Network]

* Changes secret, configMap, downwardAPI and projected volumes to mount read-only, instead of allowing applications to write data and then reverting it automatically. Until version 1.11, setting the feature gate ReadOnlyAPIDataVolumes=false will preserve the old behavior. ([#58720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58720), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith))

- Fixes 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
  new endpoint, the rules for the new endpoint might not be added until
  much later). ([#122757](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122757), [@hakman](https://github.com/hakman)) [SIG Network]

   ([#122276](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122276), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))
- Added a CBOR implementation of `runtime.Serializer`. Until CBOR graduates to Alpha, API servers will refuse to start if configured with CBOR support. ([#122881](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122881), [@benluddy](https://github.com/benluddy))

- A static pod that is rapidly updated was failing to start until the Kubelet was restarted. ([#107900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107900), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

   ([#109251](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109251), [@krmayankk](https://github.com/krmayankk))
- The `gcp` and `azure` auth plugins have been restored to client-go and kubectl until https://issue.k8s.io/111911 is resolved in supported kubectl minor versions. ([#111918](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111918), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Documentation

- Fixes 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
  new endpoint, the rules for the new endpoint might not be added until
  much later). ([#122756](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122756), [@hakman](https://github.com/hakman)) [SIG Network]

   ([#112643](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112643), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))
- `kubectl wait` command with `jsonpath` flag will wait for target path until timeout.
   ([#109525](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109525), [@jonyhy96](https://github.com/jonyhy96))

### Feature

- 'Added selector validation to `HorizontalPodAutoscaler`: when multiple HPAs