* Fix race causing apiserver crashes during etcd healthchecking ([#60069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60069), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Increase allowed lag for ssh key sync loop in tunneler to allow for one failure ([#60068](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60068), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- Fixed a data race in TopologyCache when `AddHints` and `SetNodes` are called concurrently. ([#117249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117249), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Apps and Network]

- Fixed a race condition on API server startup ensuring previously created webhook configurations are effective before the first write request is admitted. ([#95783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95783), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Fix a race condition in the scheduler preemption logic that could cause nominatedNodeName of a pod not to be considered in one or more scheduling cycles. ([#72504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72504), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

- EndpointSlice controller now handles terminating pods correctly and is better at preventing race conditions. ([#89118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89118), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]

* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))
* Bump Heapster to v1.5.2 ([#61396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61396), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

* Fixed a race condition causing apiserver crashes during etcd healthchecking. ([#60069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60069), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

### Other notable changes

* Addresses vSphere Volume Attach limits ([#29881](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29881), [@dagnello](https://github.com/dagnello))
* Increase request timeout based on termination grace period ([#31275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31275), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Fixed a data race when emitting similar Events consecutively ([#114236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114236), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))
- Fixed a log line in scheduler that inaccurately implies that volume binding has finalized ([#116018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116018), [@TommyStarK](https://github.com/TommyStarK))

- Fix a panic when using invalid output format in kubectl create secret command ([#107345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107345), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz)) [SIG CLI]
- Fixes a rare race condition handling requests that timeout ([#107460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107460), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]