- Fixed a bug that on k8s nodes, when the policy of INPUT chain in filter table is not ACCEPT, healthcheck nodeport would not work.
  Added iptables rules to allow healthcheck nodeport traffic. ([#97824](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97824), [@hanlins](https://github.com/hanlins)) [SIG Network]

  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [The PreEnqueue extension point doesn't work for Pods going to activeQ through backoffQ](#the-preenqueue-extension-point-doesnt-work-for-pods-going-to-activeq-through-backoffq)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)

    - [Etcd v3.5.[0-2] data corruption](#etcd-v350-2-data-corruption)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-16)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-9)
    - [Documentation](#documentation)

- Kube-proxy: removed log warning about not using config file. ([#118115](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118115), [@TommyStarK](https://github.com/TommyStarK)) [SIG Network]
- Made Job controller batching of syncJob invocations enabled unconditionally (it was conditional on JobReadyPods feature before).

    - [SIG Node](#sig-node)
    - [SIG Network](#sig-network)
    - [SIG Scalability](#sig-scalability)
    - [SIG Scheduling](#sig-scheduling)
    - [SIG Storage](#sig-storage)
  - [Before Upgrading](#before-upgrading)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Deprecations](#deprecations)
    - [Apps](#apps)
    - [Auth](#auth)

    - [Avoiding Collisions in IP allocation to Services](#avoiding-collisions-in-ip-allocation-to-services)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-17)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-4)
    - [Feature](#feature-15)

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Updates konnectivity-network-proxy to v0.0.27. This includes a memory leak fix for the network proxy ([#107037](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107037), [@jdnurme](https://github.com/jdnurme)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.0.25 → v0.0.27

### Promoted endPort in Network Policy to Stable

Promoted `endPort` in [Network Policy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/#targeting-a-range-of-ports) to GA. Network Policy providers that support `endPort` field now can use it to specify a range of ports to apply a Network Policy. Previously, each Network Policy could only target a single port.

    - [Container Images](#container-images-4)
  - [Changelog since v1.28.0](#changelog-since-v1280)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-4)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-1)
    - [Feature](#feature-4)
    - [Documentation](#documentation)

    - [Container Images](#container-images-15)
  - [Changelog since v1.25.0](#changelog-since-v1250)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-15)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-8)
    - [Feature](#feature-15)
    - [Documentation](#documentation)