- Performance improvements in `klog` ([#115277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115277), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))
- Pod template `schedulingGates` are now mutable for Jobs that are suspended and have never been started ([#115940](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115940), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Apps]

  // +optional
  optional bool hostUsers = 37;

  // SchedulingGates is an opaque list of values that if specified will block scheduling the pod.
  // If schedulingGates is not empty, the pod will stay in the SchedulingGated state and the
  // scheduler will not attempt to schedule the pod.
  //
  // SchedulingGates can only be set at pod creation time, and be removed only afterwards.
  //

- Graduated pod scheduling gates to general availability.
  The `PodSchedulingReadiness` feature gate no longer has any effect, and the
  `.spec.schedulingGates` field is always available within the Pod and PodTemplate APIs. ([#123575](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123575), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Enforce nodeName cannot be set along with non-empty schedulingGates ([#115636](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115636), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Apps and Scheduling]