- Empty values are no longer assigned to undefined resources (CPU or memory) when storing the resources allocated to the pod in checkpoint. ([#117615](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117615), [@aheng-ch](https://github.com/aheng-ch))
- Fixed CEL estimated cost of `replace()` to handle a zero length replacement string correctly.

- Fix for volume reconstruction of CSI ephemeral volumes ([#113346](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113346), [@dobsonj](https://github.com/dobsonj)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]
- Kube-apiserver: resolves possible hung connections using konnectivity network proxy with TCP or UDS HTTP connect configurations ([#113862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113862), [@jkh52](https://github.com/jkh52)) [SIG API Machinery]