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- [alpha: kubectl apply --prune --applyset] Enabled certain custom resources (CRs) to be used as `ApplySet` parent objects. To enable this for a given CR, apply the label `applyset.kubernetes.io/is-parent-type: true` to the CustomResourceDefinition (CRD) that defines it. ([#116353](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116353), [@KnVerey](https://github.com/KnVerey))

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* fix azure file plugin failure issue on Windows after node restart ([#60625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60625), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
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- FibreChannel volume plugin may match the wrong device and wrong associated devicemapper parent. This may cause a disaster that pods attach wrong disks. ([#110719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110719), [@xakdwch](https://github.com/xakdwch))

- Fixing issue on Windows nodes where HostProcess containers may not be created as expected. ([#110965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110965), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- If the parent directory of the file specified in the `--audit-log-path` argument does not exist, Kubernetes now creates it. ([#111226](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111226), [@vpnachev](https://github.com/vpnachev)) [SIG Auth]

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fix memory leak on kube-scheduler preemption ([#111805](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111805), [@amewayne](https://github.com/amewayne)) [SIG Scheduling]
- If the parent directory of the file specified in the `--audit-log-path` argument does not exist, Kubernetes now creates it. ([#111227](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111227), [@vpnachev](https://github.com/vpnachev)) [SIG Auth]