- Reduce API server memory when many CRDs are loaded by sharing a single etcd3 client logger across all clients ([#111650](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111650), [@negz](https://github.com/negz)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Scheduler volumebinding: leveraged `PreFilterResult` to reduce down to only
  eligible node(s) for pod with bound claim(s) to local `PersistentVolume(s)` ([#109877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109877), [@yibozhuang](https://github.com/yibozhuang))

- Reduce event spam during volume operation errors in Portworx in-tree driver ([#135192](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135192), [@gohilankit](https://github.com/gohilankit)) [SIG Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Client-go: reduce verbosity of "Starting/Stopping reflector" messages to 3 again ([#102788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102788), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Reduce event spam during a volume operation error. ([#89794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89794), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]


# v1.16.8

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

* PidPressure evicts pods from lowest priority to highest priority ([#72844](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72844), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
* Reduce GCE log rotation check from 1 hour to every 5 minutes.  Rotation policy is unchanged (new day starts, log file size > 100MB). ([#72062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72062), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

* Add /bin/tee symlink to bazel build for busybox, so that CI builds have /bin/tee ([#55417](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55417), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Reduce log noise produced by prometheus-to-sd, by bumping it to version 0.2.2. ([#54635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54635), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

- Reduce event spam during volume operation errors in Portworx in-tree driver ([#135193](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135193), [@gohilankit](https://github.com/gohilankit)) [SIG Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

                            .replace("\"_index\":\"fess_log.", "\"_index\":\"" + fessConfig.getIndexLogIndex() + "."))
                    .reduce((prev, line) -> {
                        try {
                            if (StringUtil.isBlank(prev)) {
                                final Map<String, Map<String, String>> result =

- Improve speed of vSphere PV provisioning and reduce number of API calls ([#102350](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102350), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]