- Adds two new metrics to cronjobs, a histogram to track the time difference when a job is created and the expected time when it should be created, as well as a gauge for the missed schedules of a cronjob ([#99341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99341), [@alaypatel07](https://github.com/alaypatel07))

</p>

<h3 id="Type_inference">Type inference</h3>

<p>
A use of a generic function may omit some or all type arguments if they can be
<i>inferred</i> from the context within which the function is used, including
the constraints of the function's type parameters.
Type inference succeeds if it can infer the missing type arguments

message TopologySpreadConstraint {
  // MaxSkew describes the degree to which pods may be unevenly distributed.
  // When `whenUnsatisfiable=DoNotSchedule`, it is the maximum permitted difference
  // between the number of matching pods in the target topology and the global minimum.
  // The global minimum is the minimum number of matching pods in an eligible domain

* Kubernetes update Azure nsg rules based on not just difference in Name, but also in Protocol, SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix, DestinationAddressPrefix, Access, and Direction. ([#55752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55752), [@kevinkim9264](https://github.com/kevinkim9264))...

- [`KT-55056`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-55056) Builder inference causes incorrect type inference result in related call
- [`KT-57689`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-57689) K2: Unresolved reference to nested typealias in KLIB

If CSI Migration is working properly, Kubernetes end users shouldn’t notice a difference.
After migration, Kubernetes users may continue to rely on all the functionality of in-tree storage plugins using the existing interface.

* Fixes a bug in the OpenStack-Heat kubernetes provider, in the handling of differences between the Identity v2 and Identity v3 APIs ([#40105](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40105), [@sc68cal](https://github.com/sc68cal))

### Container Images

The key updated docs are:

* Python Types Intro: