- Update kube-apiserver SLO/SLI latency metrics to exclude priority & fairness queue wait times ([#116420](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116420), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Updated distroless iptables to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/distroless-iptables:v0.2.2`

* Registries backed by the generic Store's `Update` implementation support delete-on-update, which allows resources to be automatically deleted during an update provided: ([#48065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48065), [@ironcladlou](https://github.com/ironcladlou))
        * Garbage collection is enabled for the Store
        * The resource being updated has no finalizers

- Updated etcd image to `3.5.9-0`. ([#117999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117999), [@kkkkun](https://github.com/kkkkun)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Updated cAdvisor to `v0.47.2` and fixed metrics in `cri-o` when a container restarts. ([#118774](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118774), [@harche](https://github.com/harche))

- Kube-scheduler now retries scheduling Pods rejected by the PodTopologySpread plugin when related Pods are created, deleted, updated, or when a node matches the specified topologyKey. ([#122195](http...

- Service Controller: will now update load balancer hosts after node's `ProviderID` is
  updated. ([#120492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120492), [@cezarygerard](https://github.com/cezarygerard))

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.21.8
  - update distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 ([#123762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123762), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression