- Kube-apiserver: fixes a potential crash serving CustomResourceDefinitions that combine an invalid schema and CEL validation rules. ([#126167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126167), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

    *   reflector_watches_total
    * While this is a backwards-incompatible change, it would have been impossible to setup reliable monitoring around these metrics since the labels were not stable. 
* Fix keymutex issues which may crash in some platforms. ([#74386](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74386), [@danielqsj](https://github.com/danielqsj))



# v1.12.6

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

## Downloads for v1.12.6

- Fix memory leak on kube-scheduler preemption ([#111803](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111803), [@amewayne](https://github.com/amewayne)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Fixed potential scheduler crash when scheduling with unsatisfied nodes in PodTopologySpread. ([#111511](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111511), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet)) [SIG Scheduling]

* remove retry operation on attach/detach  azure disk ([#70568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70568), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fix cloud-controller-manager crash when using OpenStack provider and PersistentVolume initializing controller   ([#70459](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70459), [@mvladev](https://github.com/mvladev))

- Fixes problem where invalid selector on `PodDisruptionBudget` leads to a nil pointer dereference that causes the Controller manager to crash loop. ([#98750](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98750), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))

- Fixed potential scheduler crash when scheduling with unsatisfied nodes in PodTopologySpread. ([#110853](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110853), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fixed a 1.25.12 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121187](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121187), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

`kubectl debug` provides support for common debugging workflows directly from kubectl. Troubleshooting scenarios supported in this release of `kubectl` include:
Troubleshoot workloads that crash on startup by creating a copy of the pod that uses a different container image or command.