* People can see the right log and note. ([#84637](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84637), [@zhipengzuo](https://github.com/zhipengzuo))
* Ensure the KUBE-MARK-DROP chain in kube-proxy mode=iptables. The chain is ensured for both ipv4 and ipv6 in dual-stack operation. ([#84422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84422), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

Federated HPAs are similar to the traditional Kubernetes HPAs, except
that they span multiple clusters. Creating a Federated HPA targeting
multiple clusters ensures that cluster-level autoscalers are
consistently deployed across those clusters, and dynamically managed
to ensure that autoscaling can occur optimially in all clusters,
within a set of global constraints on the total number of replicas

admission plugin

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account's secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation...

     * Sum per-segment modCounts to avoid mis-reporting when elements are concurrently added and
     * removed in one segment while checking another, in which case the table was never actually
     * empty at any point. (The sum ensures accuracy up through at least 1<<31 per-segment
     * modifications before recheck.) Method containsValue() uses similar constructions for
     * stability checks.
     */
    long sum = 0L;

- If upgrading Cluster Federation components from 1.3.x, please ensure your cluster name is a valid DNS label (#30956, @nikhiljindal)

* Add generic NoSchedule toleration to fluentd in gcp config. ([#48182](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48182), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
* RBAC role and role-binding reconciliation now ensures namespaces exist when reconciling on startup. ([#48480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48480), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

introduced to the kubelet that allows it to track container images and the list of authentication information that leads to their successful pulls. This data is persisted across reboots of the host and restarts of the kubelet.
  
  The kubelet ensures any image requiring credential verification is always pulled if authentication information from an image pull is not yet present, thus enforcing authentication / re-authentication. This means an image pull might be attempted even in cases where a...

admission plugin

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account's secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation...

- Ensure the `KUBE-MARK-DROP` chain in kube-proxy IPVS mode. The chain is ensured for both IPv4 and IPv6 in dual-stack operation. ([#82214](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82214), [@uablrek](https://github.com/uablrek))

- Ensure backoff step is set to 1 for Azure armclient. ([#94180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94180), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]