- Fix a regression that the scheduler always goes through all Filter plugins. ([#114526](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114526), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Etcd: update to v3.5.9 ([#118077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118077), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Etcd: update to v3.5.9 ([#118078](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118078), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)

* Fix data race during addition of new CRD ([#50098](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50098), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* Fix bug in scheduler that caused initially unschedulable pods to stuck in Pending state forever. ([#50028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50028), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))

* Fix kube-apiserver crash when patching TPR data ([#44612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44612), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* vSphere cloud provider: Report same Node IP as both internal and external. ([#45201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45201), [@abrarshivani](https://github.com/abrarshivani))

* Resolves regression generating informers for packages whose names contain `.` characters ([#82410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82410), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* Fixed a scheduler panic when using PodAffinity. ([#82841](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82841), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Fixed StatefulSet to show the valid status even if the new replica creation fails. ([#112084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112084), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- NO ([#95690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95690), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG Release]

## Dependencies

### Added
- github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go: [v3.2.2+incompatible](https://github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go/tree/v3.2.2)

### Changed

* Add articles to [External Links](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/external-links/): [PythonのWeb frameworkのパフォーマンス比較 (Django, Flask, responder, FastAPI, japronto)](https://qiita.com/bee2/items/0ad260ab9835a2087dae) and [[FastAPI] Python製のASGI Web フレームワーク FastAPIに入門する](https://qiita.com/bee2/items/75d9c0d7ba20e7a4a0e9). PR [#974](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/974) by [@tokusumi](https://github.com/tokusumi).