* Fixed bug allowing garbage collector to enter a broken state that could only be fixed by restarting the controller-manager. ([#61201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61201), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

* Add support for adding/removing finalizer depending on PVC protection feature gate ([#61370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61370), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* Fix bug allowing garbage collector to enter a broken state that could only be fixed by restarting the controller-manager. ([#61201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61201), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

- HTTP/2 connection health check is enabled by default in all Kubernetes clients to fix persistently broken connections (https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/issues/374). If needed, users can tune the feature via the HTTP2_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS and HTTP2_PING_TIMEOUT_SECONDS environment variables. The feature is disabled if HTTP2_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS...

* Timeout docker queries to prevent node going NotReady indefinitely. ([#56967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56967), [@jsravn](https://github.com/jsravn))
* Fix bug allowing garbage collector to enter a broken state that could only be fixed by restarting the controller-manager. ([#61201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61201), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

* Fix broken detection of non-root image user ID ([#78261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78261), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

  - *apiserver_cache_list_fetched_objects_total*: Counter of objects read from watch cache in the course of serving a LIST request, broken down by resource_prefix and index_name
  - *apiserver_cache_list_evaluated_objects_total*: Counter of objects tested in the course of serving a LIST request from watch cache, broken down by resource_prefix

  
  Fixed multiple iptables proxy regressions introduced in 1.22:
  
    - When using Services with SessionAffinity, client affinity for an
      endpoint now gets broken when that endpoint becomes non-ready
      (rather than continuing until the endpoint is fully deleted).
  
    - Traffic to a service IP now starts getting rejected (as opposed to

- Kubelet: fix GetAllocatableCPUs method in cpumanager ([#113421](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113421), [@Garrybest](https://github.com/Garrybest)) [SIG Node]
- Pod logs using --timestamps are not broken up with timestamps anymore. ([#113516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113516), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

- Fix: azure disk resize error if source does not exist ([#93011](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93011), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: detach azure disk broken on Azure Stack ([#94885](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94885), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Fix: azure disk resize error if source does not exist ([#93011](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93011), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: detach azure disk broken on Azure Stack ([#94885](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94885), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]