- Fixing issue on Windows nodes where HostProcess containers may not be created as expected. ([#110965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110965), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- If the parent directory of the file specified in the `--audit-log-path` argument does not exist, Kubernetes now creates it. ([#111226](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111226), [@vpnachev](https://github.com/vpnachev)) [SIG Auth]

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fix memory leak on kube-scheduler preemption ([#111805](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111805), [@amewayne](https://github.com/amewayne)) [SIG Scheduling]
- If the parent directory of the file specified in the `--audit-log-path` argument does not exist, Kubernetes now creates it. ([#111227](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111227), [@vpnachev](https://github.com/vpnachev)) [SIG Auth]

- Fixing issue on Windows nodes where HostProcess containers may not be created as expected. ([#110966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110966), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- If the parent directory of the file specified in the `--audit-log-path` argument does not exist, Kubernetes now creates it. ([#111225](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111225), [@vpnachev](https://github.com/vpnachev)) [SIG Auth]

- Fixes a race condition in kubelet pod handling ([#94774](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94774), [@auxten](https://github.com/auxten)) [SIG Node]
- Gracefully delete nodes when their parent scale set went missing ([#95289](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95289), [@bpineau](https://github.com/bpineau)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

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