* When prompting for passwords, don't echo to the terminal ([#31586](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31586), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))
* add group prefix matching for kubectl usage ([#32140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32140), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- First pod with required affinity terms can schedule only on nodes with matching topology keys. ([#91168](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91168), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fixed `kubectl wait --for=create` behavior with label selectors, to properly wait for resources with matching labels to appear. ([#128662](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128662), [@omerap12](https://github.com/omerap12)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

- Extended resources backed by DRA feature allowed cluster operator to specify `extendedResourceName` in `DeviceClass`, and application operator to continue using extended resources in pod's requests to request for DRA devices matching the DeviceClass.
  

- Fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fixed recursive LIST from watch cache returning object matching key. ([#125584](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125584), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Kube-apiserver: The timeout used when making health check calls to etcd can now be configured with `--etcd-healthcheck-timeout`. The default timeout is 2 seconds, matching the previous behavior. ([#93244](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93244), [@Sh4d1](https://github.com/Sh4d1)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Limit use of tags when calling EC2 API to prevent API throttling for very large clusters ([#76749](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76749), [@mcrute](https://github.com/mcrute))
* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- The errors in `k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta` now support for the `stdlibs` `errors.Is` matching, including when wrapped. ([#111808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111808), [@alvaroaleman](https://github.com/alvaroaleman))

* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))
* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))