data = response.json()
    assert data["context_b"] == "started b"
    assert data["context_a"] == "started a"
    assert data["sync_bg"] == "not set"
    assert state["context_b"] == "finished b with a: started a"
    assert state["context_a"] == "finished a"

- Scheduler now waits for handlers to finish syncing before the scheduling cycles start. ([#116729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116729), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

- KCCM: fixed transient node addition and removal caused by #121090 while syncing load balancers on large clusters with a lot of churn. ([#121091](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121091), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))