* Validate that cronjob names are 52 characters or less ([#52733](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52733), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))
* add readme file of ipvs ([#51937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51937), [@Lion-Wei](https://github.com/Lion-Wei))



# v1.9.0-alpha.1

* Fix incorrect retry logic in scheduler ([#50106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50106), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))
* Enforce explicit references to API group client interfaces in clientsets to avoid ambiguity. ([#49370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49370), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* Fix incorrect retry logic in scheduler ([#50106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50106), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))

- Stop propagating SelfLink (deprecated in 1.16) in kube-apiserver ([#94397](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94397), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]
- Strip unnecessary security contexts on Windows ([#93475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93475), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla)) [SIG Node, Testing and Windows]

- Kubeadm: fix a bug on Windows worker nodes, where the downloaded KubeletConfiguration from the cluster can contain Linux paths that do not work on Windows and can trip the kubelet binary. ([#105992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105992), [@hwdef](https://github.com/hwdef)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Windows]