* Update Cluster Autoscaler to version 1.3.7. ([#74136](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74136), [@jkaniuk](https://github.com/jkaniuk))
* Fix watch to not send the same set of events multiple times causing watcher to go back in time ([#73845](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73845), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- [`KT-59223`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59223) Native Enum.hashCode should return identity hash code, similar to JVM
- [`KT-56637`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56637) Native: 'String.indexOf' matches byte sequences not on the char boundary, which also makes the result of 'split' and 'replace' operation incorrect
- [`KT-59192`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59192) Align behavior of collection constructors across platforms

 - The flag `--experimental-patches` is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can migrate to using the new flag `--patches`. Add a new field `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory` that can be used for the same purpose. For `init` and `join` it is now recommended that you migrate to configure patches via `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory`. For the time being, these flags can be mixed with `--config`, but that...

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- The deprecated flag --experimental-kustomize is now removed from kubeadm commands. Use --experimental-patches instead, which was introduced in 1.19. Migration information available in --help description for --experimental-patches. ([#94871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94871), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fixed a performance issue applying json patches to deeply nested objects ([#93813](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93813), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubectl now supports shell completion for the <type>/<name> format for...

- Kubeadm: enhanced the "patches" functionality to be able to patch kubelet config files containing `v1beta1.KubeletConfiguration`. The new patch target is called `kubeletconfiguration` (e.g. patch file `kubeletconfiguration+json.json`).This makes it possible to apply node specific...

  // +optional
  optional string message = 4;
}

// An empty preferred scheduling term matches all objects with implicit weight 0
// (i.e. it's a no-op). A null preferred scheduling term matches no objects (i.e. is also a no-op).
message PreferredSchedulingTerm {
  // Weight associated with matching the corresponding nodeSelectorTerm, in the range 1-100.

- Fixes conversion error in multi-version custom resources that could cause metadata.generation to increment on no-op patches or updates of a custom resource. ([#88995](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88995), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]