- Fix: statle smb mount issue when smb file share is deleted and then unmount ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]
- Fixed a regression since 1.24 in the scheduling framework when overriding MultiPoint plugins (e.g. default plugins).

- Fix: skip case sensitivity when checking Azure NSG rules
  fix: ensure InstanceShutdownByProviderID return false for creating Azure VMs ([#104447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104447), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver.

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- Fixed a regression since 1.27.0 in scheduler framework when running score plugins. 
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* Fixes issue for readOnly subpath mounts for SELinux systems and when the volume mountPath already existed in the container image. ([#64351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64351), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

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- Fix: remove VMSS and VMSS instances from SLB backend pool only when necessary ([#105839](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105839), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))
- Fix: skip `instance not found` when decoupling VMSSs from LB ([#105666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105666), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))

  - Services that have been set to IPFamilyPolicy = PreferDualstack will be upgraded when the service object is updated. e.g., when a user change a label.
  
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- Sometimes, the scheduler incorrectly placed a pod in the "unschedulable" queue instead of the "backoff" queue. This happened when some plugin previously declared the pod as "unschedulable" and then in a later attempt encounters some other error. Scheduling of that pod then got delayed by up to five minutes, after which periodic flushing moved the pod back into the "active" queue. ([#120334](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120334), ...