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- Fixed fake client to accept request without metadata.name to better emulate behavior of actual client. ([#126727](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126727), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

   *
   * <p>The exact C++ equivalent is the MurmurHash3_x86_32 function (Murmur3A).
   *
   * <p>This method is called {@code murmur3_32_fixed} because it fixes a bug in the {@code
   * HashFunction} returned by the original {@code murmur3_32} method.
   *
   * @since 31.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("IdentifierName") // the best we could do for adjacent digit blocks

- Fixed error handling in `EnsureAdminClusterRoleBindingImpl`.
   ([#122893](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122893), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))
- Fixed incorrect error logging for `syncCronJob`.
   ([#122493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122493), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))

_2023-12-17_

We took too long to cut this release and there's a lot of changes in it. We've been busy.

Although this release is labeled _alpha_, the only unstable thing in it is our new APIs. This
release has many critical bug fixes and is safe to run in production. We're eager to stabilize our
new APIs so we can get out of alpha.

 *  New: Support Java 21's virtual threads (‘OpenJDK Project Loom’). We changed OkHttp's internals

   *
   * <p>The exact C++ equivalent is the MurmurHash3_x86_32 function (Murmur3A).
   *
   * <p>This method is called {@code murmur3_32_fixed} because it fixes a bug in the {@code
   * HashFunction} returned by the original {@code murmur3_32} method.
   *
   * @since 31.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("IdentifierName") // the best we could do for adjacent digit blocks

- Fixed: kube-proxy EndpointSliceCache memory is leaked ([#128929](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128929), [@orange30](https://github.com/orange30)) [SIG Network]
- Fixes CVE-2024-51744 ([#128621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128621), [@kmala](https://github.com/kmala)) [SIG Auth, Cloud Provider and Node]

 * @param <K> the type of keys used by the maps under test
 * @param <V> the type of mapped values used the maps under test
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
// TODO: Descriptive assertion messages, with hints as to probable fixes.
// TODO: Add another constructor parameter indicating whether the class under test is ordered, and
// check the order if so.
// TODO: Refactor to share code with SetTestBuilder etc.
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked

- Fixed bug where Server Side Apply causes spurious resourceVersion bumps on no-op patches to custom resources. ([#125263](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125263), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]
- Fixed bug where kubectl get with --sort-by flag does not sort strings alphanumerically. ([#124514](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124514), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

- Fixed a panic issue related to kubectl revision history kubernetes/kubectl#1724 ([#130503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130503), [@tahacodes](https://github.com/tahacodes)) [SIG CLI]
- Fixed a possible deadlock in the watch client that could happen if the watch was not stopped. ([#131266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131266), [@karlkfi](https://github.com/karlkfi)) [SIG API Machinery]