* Per Volume Inode Accounting ([#35132](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35132), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))
* [AppArmor] Hold bad AppArmor pods in pending rather than rejecting ([#35342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35342), [@timstclair](https://github.com/timstclair))

- Add a new counter metrics `apiserver_admission_webhook_rejection_count` with details about the causing for a webhook rejection. ([#81399](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81399), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Added `kubelet` stress test for pod cleanup when rejection due to `VolumeAttachmentLimitExceeded`. ([#133357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133357), [@torredil](https://github.com/torredil)) [SIG Node and Storage]

  
  Action required for custom scheduler plugin developers:
  Plugins **have to** implement a QueueingHint for Pod/Update event if the rejection from them could be resolved by updating unscheduled Pods themselves.
  Example: suppose you develop a custom plugin that denies Pods that have a `schedulable=false` label. 

- A pod that the Kubelet rejects was still considered as being accepted for a brief period of time after rejection, which might cause some pods to be rejected briefly that could fit on the node.  A pod that is still terminating (but has status indicating it has failed) may also still be consuming resources and so should also be considered. ([#104817](https:/...

        old API will be deprecated in a future release. See
        https://www.tensorflow.org/xla/custom_call for details.
    *   XLA:GPU reductions are deterministic by default (reductions within
        `jit_compile=True` are now deterministic).
    *   XLA:GPU works with Horovod (OSS contribution by Trent Lo from NVidia)

- Client-go: Optimized leaders renewing leases by updating leader lock optimistically without getting the record from the API server first. Also, a new metric `leader_election_slowpath_total` was added to allow users to monitor how many leader elections are updated non-optimistically.
   ([#122069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122069), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei))
- Locked the GA feature-gate `ConsistentHTTPGetHandlers` to default.

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