- Updated AWS SDK to v1.16.26 for ECR PrivateLink support ([#73435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73435), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))
- Expanded `kubectl wait` to work with more types of selectors. ([#71746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71746), [@rctl](https://github.com/rctl))

   ([#112643](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112643), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))
- `kubectl wait` command with `jsonpath` flag will wait for target path until timeout.
   ([#109525](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109525), [@jonyhy96](https://github.com/jonyhy96))

### Feature

* hpa: Prevent scaling below MinReplicas if desiredReplicas is zero ([#48997](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48997), [@johanneswuerbach](https://github.com/johanneswuerbach))
* kubeadm: Fix a bug where `kubeadm join` would wait 5 seconds without doing anything. Now `kubeadm join` executes the tasks immediately. ([#48737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48737), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))