- The kube-apiserver now resets `managedFields` that got corrupted by a mutating admission controller. ([#98074](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98074), [@kwiesmueller](https://github.com/kwiesmueller))

- If a Pod has a DisruptionTarget condition with status=True for more than 2 minutes without getting a DeletionTimestamp, the control plane resets it to status=False. ([#111475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111475), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))
- In "large" clusters, kube-proxy in iptables mode will now sometimes

  // Started indicates whether the container has finished its postStart lifecycle hook
  // and passed its startup probe.
  // Initialized as false, becomes true after startupProbe is considered
  // successful. Resets to false when the container is restarted, or if kubelet
  // loses state temporarily. In both cases, startup probes will run again.
  // Is always true when no startupProbe is defined and container is running and