- `client-go`: fixed the wait time for trying to acquire the leader lease ([#114872](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114872), [@Iceber](https://github.com/Iceber))
- `etcd`: Updated to `v3.5.7` ([#115310](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115310), [@mzaian](https://github.com/mzaian))

- `wait.PollUntilContextTimeout` function, if immediate is true, the condition
  will be invoked before waiting and guarantees that the condition is invoked at
  least once, regardless of whether the context has been cancelled. ([#118686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118686), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

   ([#121954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121954), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))
- The watch cache now waits until it is at least as fresh as the given requestedWatchRV if sendInitialEvents was requested.
   ([#122830](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122830), [@p0lyn0mial](https://github.com/p0lyn0mial))

- In the `wait.PollUntilContextTimeout` function, if `immediate` is true, the condition will now be invoked before waiting, guaranteeing that the condition is invoked at least once and then wait a interval before executing again. ([#119762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119762), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))