- Scheduler volumebinding: leveraged `PreFilterResult` to reduce down to only
  eligible node(s) for pod with bound claim(s) to local `PersistentVolume(s)` ([#109877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109877), [@yibozhuang](https://github.com/yibozhuang))

- Reduced CPU and memory consumption of `kube-apiserver` if OpenAPI V2 will not be accessed by any client. Also improved performance of the apiserver on installation of many CRDs. ([#118212](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118212), [@Jefftree...

* allow windows mount path ([#51240](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51240), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Reduce log noise produced by prometheus-to-sd, by bumping it to version 0.2.2. ([#54635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54635), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

- Kube-controller-manager: increased the global level for broadcaster's logging to 3 so that users can ignore event messages by lowering the logging level. It reduces information noise. ([#122293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122293), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))

- `EnqueueExtensions` from plugins other than `PreEnqueue`, `PreFilter`, `Filter`, `Reserve` and `Permit` are now ignored.
  It reduces the number of kinds of cluster events the scheduler needs to subscribe/handle. ([#121571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121571), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))