- `kubeadm`: generate CA certificates with a start time that is offset 5
  minutes in the past relative to the current system time to workaround cases of
  clock desync. ([#118922](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118922), [@champtar](https://github.com/champtar))
- `plugin_evaluation_total` metric supports prescore/score extension point.

### Feature

- Kubeadm: generate CA certificates with a start time that is offset 5 minutes in the past relative to the current system time to workaround cases of clock desync.
  client-go: allow to set NotBefore in NewSelfSignedCACert() ([#119113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119113), [@champtar](https://github.com/champtar)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cluster Lifecycle]

- Apimachinery/clock: This deletes the apimachinery/clock package. Please use k8s.io/utils/clock instead. ([#109752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109752), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Deprecated types in `k8s.io/apimachinery/util/clock`. Please use `k8s.io/utils/clock` instead. ([#106850](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106850), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani))

- github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim: [5eafd15 → v0.8.22](https://github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/compare/5eafd15...v0.8.22)
- github.com/benbjohnson/clock: [v1.0.3 → v1.1.0](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/compare/v1.0.3...v1.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc → v0.0.4](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/compare/5cbc8cc...v0.0.4)

## Dependencies

### Added
- github.com/antihax/optional: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/antihax/optional/tree/v1.0.0)
- github.com/benbjohnson/clock: [v1.0.3](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/tree/v1.0.3)
- github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset: [v1.2.0](https://github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset/tree/v1.2.0)
- github.com/certifi/gocertifi: [2c3bb06](https://github.com/certifi/gocertifi/tree/2c3bb06)

### Feature

- Kubeadm: generate CA certificates with a start time that is offset 5 minutes in the past relative to the current system time to workaround cases of clock desync.
  client-go: allow to set NotBefore in NewSelfSignedCACert() ([#119114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119114), [@champtar](https://github.com/champtar)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cluster Lifecycle]

- github.com/Azure/go-autorest: [v14.2.0+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tree/v14.2.0)
- github.com/a8m/tree: [10a5fd5](https://github.com/a8m/tree/tree/10a5fd5)
- github.com/benbjohnson/clock: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/tree/v1.1.0)
- github.com/danwinship/knftables: [v0.0.13](https://github.com/danwinship/knftables/tree/v0.0.13)
- github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr: [v1.2.0](https://github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr/tree/v1.2.0)

- Enhanced the daemonset sync logic to avoid a problem where pods are thought to be unavailable when the controller's clock is slower than the node's clock. ([#77208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77208), [@DaiHao](https://github.com/DaiHao))