* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- Added Coordinated Leader Election as Alpha under the `CoordinatedLeaderElection` feature gate. With the feature enabled, the control plane can use LeaseCandidate objects (coordination.k8s.io/v1alpha1 API group) to participate in a leader election and let the kube-apiserver select the best instance according to some strategy. ([#124012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124012),...

* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

* Fix metrics API group name in audit configuration ([#53493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53493), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- The `v1` version of `LeaderMigrationConfiguration` supports only `leases` API for leader election. To use formerly supported mechanisms, please continue using `v1beta1`. ([#108016](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108016), [@jiahuif](https://github.com/jiahuif)) [SIG API Machinery and Cloud Provider]

### Bug or Regression

  In order to perform an unsafe deletion of a corrupt resource, the user must enable the option for the delete
  request. A resource is considered corrupt if it can not be successfully retrieved from the storage due to
  a) transformation error e.g. decryption failure, or b) the object failed to decode. Normal deletion flow is

- kubeadm: fixed ignoring errors when pulling control plane images ([#80529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80529), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))
- Fix a bug in kube-addon-manager's leader election logic that made all replicas active. ([#80575](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80575), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

* fix typo  ([#59619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59619), [@jianliao82](https://github.com/jianliao82))
    * incase -> in case
    * selction -> selection
* Implement envelope service with gRPC, so that KMS providers can be pulled out from API server. ([#55684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55684), [@wu-qiang](https://github.com/wu-qiang))

* apply: fix detection of non-dry-run enabled servers ([#71854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71854), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))
* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))

    // The first selection prioritizes the non-failed routes.
    val selection2 = routeSelector.next()
    assertThat(selection2.next()).isEqualTo(regularRoutes[1])
    assertThat(selection2.hasNext()).isFalse()

    // The second selection will contain all failed routes.
    val selection3 = routeSelector.next()
    assertThat(selection3.next()).isEqualTo(regularRoutes[0])