- Kubelet podresources API now provides the information about active pods only. ([#79409](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79409), [@takmatsu](https://github.com/takmatsu)) [SIG Node]
- Pod Finalizers and Conditions updates are skipped for re-scheduling attempts ([#91953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91953), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Kubelet podresources API now provides the information about active pods only. ([#79409](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79409), [@takmatsu](https://github.com/takmatsu)) [SIG Node]
- Pod Finalizers and Conditions updates are skipped for re-scheduling attempts ([#91950](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91950), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

			metrics = append(metrics, MetricV2{
				Description: MetricDescription{
					Namespace: minioNamespace,
					Subsystem: notifySubsystem,
					Name:      "events_skipped_total",
					Help:      "Events that were skipped to be sent to the targets due to the in-memory queue being full",
					Type:      counterMetric,
				},
				Value: float64(nstats.EventsSkipped),
			})
			metrics = append(metrics, MetricV2{

- When updating a CRD, per-expression cost limit check are now skipped for `x-kubernetes-validations` rules of versions that are not mutated. ([#121460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121460), [@jiahuif](https://github.com/jiahuif))

- Scheduler extender filter interface now can report unresolvable failed nodes in the new field `FailedAndUnresolvableNodes` of  `ExtenderFilterResult` struct. Nodes in this map will be skipped in the preemption phase. ([#92866](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92866), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc)) [SIG Scheduling]

### API Change

        switch (fesenType) {
        case Constants.FESEN_TYPE_CLOUD:
        case Constants.FESEN_TYPE_AWS:
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Skipped configsync flush: {}", fesenType);
            }
            callback.run();
            break;
        default:
            ComponentUtil.getCurlHelper().post("/_configsync/flush").execute(response -> {

  The well-known annotation endpoints.kubernetes.io/last-change-trigger-time is skipped and not mirrored. ([#100443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100443), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Apps, Network and Testing]

    - [RuntimeClass feature graduates to General Availability.](#runtimeclass-feature-graduates-to-general-availability)
    - [Cloud Controller Manager now exclusively shipped by Cloud Provider](#cloud-controller-manager-now-exclusively-shipped-by-cloud-provider)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [Summary API in kubelet doesn't have accelerator metrics](#summary-api-in-kubelet-doesnt-have-accelerator-metrics)

* Fix public IP not found issues for VMSS nodes ([#80703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80703), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix a conformance test that was skipped when client had a newer micro version than server. ([#80598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80598), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))