- Extended `core/v1` `Toleration` to support numeric comparison operators (`Gt`,`Lt`). ([#134665](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134665), [@helayoty](https://github.com/helayoty)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Node, Scheduling, Testing and Windows]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Build etcd image v3.5.12 ([#123069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123069), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni)) [SIG API Machinery and Etcd]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

- Fixed an issue in register-gen where imports for k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime and k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema were missing. ([#130392](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130392), [@mrIncompetent](https://github.com/mrIncompetent)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a 1.27+ regression watching a single namespace via the deprecated /api/v1/watch/namespaces/$name endpoint where watch events were not delivered after the watch was established ([#126150](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126150), [@xyz-li](https://github.com/xyz-li)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Fixed incorrect "v1 Binding is deprecated in v1.6+" warning in kube-scheduler log. ([#125540](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125540), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Fixed the comment for the Job's managedBy field. ([#124793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124793), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]

- K8s.io/client-go: Fixes a regression in 1.34+ which prevented informers from using configured Transformer functions ([#135592](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135592), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fixes a spurious "namespace not found" error possible in default configurations in 1.30+ when using ValidatingAdmissionPolicy or MutatingAdmissionPolicy to intercept namespaced objects in newly-created namespaces ([#135443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135443), [@lalitc375](https://github.com/lalitc375)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Restore --verify-only function in code generation wrappers. ([#123261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123261), [@skitt](https://github.com/skitt)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Sample-apiserver manifest example will have correct RBAC ([#123479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123479), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Update the Event series starting count when emitting isomorphic events from 1 to 2. ([#119376](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119376), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed