- Reduce API server memory when many CRDs are loaded by sharing a single etcd3 client logger across all clients ([#111649](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111649), [@negz](https://github.com/negz)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Reduce API server memory when many CRDs are loaded by sharing a single etcd3 client logger across all clients ([#111650](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111650), [@negz](https://github.com/negz)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
* Improve efficiency of preemption logic in clusters with many pending pods. ([#72895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72895), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

### CronJob
* Add configurable limits to CronJob resource to specify how many successful and failed jobs are preserved. ([#40932](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40932), [@peay](https://github.com/peay))

### DaemonSet

    ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/federation/federated-secrets.md))
    ([kubernetes/features#68](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/68))
  - [beta] Federation API server gained support for events and many
    federation controllers now report important events.
    ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/federation/events))
    ([kubernetes/features#70](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/70))

* The value of the `versioned.Event` object (returned by watch APIs) in the Swagger 1.2 schemas has been updated from `*versioned.Event` which was not expected by many client tools. The new value is consistent with other structs returned by the API. ([#33007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33007), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

  A secondary benefit of defending all users' freedom is that
improvements made in alternate versions of the program, if they
receive widespread use, become available for other developers to
incorporate.  Many developers of free software are heartened and
encouraged by the resulting cooperation.  However, in the case of
software used on network servers, this result may fail to come about.

- DRA: When the prioritized list feature was used in a request and the resulting number of allocated devices exceeded the number of allowed devices per claim, the scheduler aborted the attempt to allocate devices early. Previously, it tried to many different combinations, which could take a long time. ([#130593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130593), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent)) [SIG Apps, Node, Scheduling and Testing]

### Windows

We are advancing support for Windows Server and Windows Server Containers to beta along with continued feature and functional advancements on both the Kubernetes and Windows platforms. This opens the door for many Windows-specific applications and workloads to run on Kubernetes, significantly expanding the implementation scenarios and the enterprise reach of Kubernetes.

## Before Upgrading

- Reduce API server memory when many CRDs are loaded by sharing a single etcd3 client logger across all clients ([#111648](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111648), [@negz](https://github.com/negz)) [SIG API Machinery]