The incorrect cost was evident when the result of a function was used in subsequent operations. ([#119809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119809), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

* 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 incorrect cost was evident when the result of a function was used in subsequent operations. ([#119807](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119807), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

   ([#122558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122558), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei))
- Fixed CEL estimated cost for expressions that perform operations on the result of `map()` operations (e.g., `.map(...).exists(...)` ) to have the correct estimated cost instead of an unbounded cost.
   ([#123562](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123562), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

  The incorrect cost was evident when the result of a function was used in subsequent operations. ([#119800](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119800), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]

  The incorrect cost was evident when the result of a function was used in subsequent operations. ([#119810](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119810), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Cloud Provider]