- Serve from cache for the whole period of ongoing throttling
  - Fix unwanted VMSS VMs cache invalidation
  - Enforce setting the number of retries if cloud provider backoff is enabled
  - Don't update capacity if VMSS provisioning state is updating
  - Support allocatable resources overrides via VMSS tags
  - Add missing stable labels in template nodes

- DaemonSet: Fix bug- daemonset didn't create pod after node have enough resource ([#67337](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67337), [@linyouchong](https://github.com/linyouchong))
- DaemonSet controller is now using backoff algorithm to avoid hot loops fighting with kubelet on pod recreation when a particular DaemonSet is misconfigured. ([#65309](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65309), [@tnozicka](https://github.com/tnozicka))

- github.com/bifurcation/mint: [93c51c6](https://github.com/bifurcation/mint/tree/93c51c6)
- github.com/caddyserver/caddy: [v1.0.3](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/tree/v1.0.3)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff: [v2.1.1+incompatible](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/tree/v2.1.1)
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu: [bdb7599](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/tree/bdb7599)

- Fix: use force detach for azure disk ([#91948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91948), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed a 1.18 regression in wait.Forever that skips the backoff period on the first repeat ([#90476](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90476), [@zhan849](https://github.com/zhan849)) [SIG API Machinery]

   * default (or empty string): keep same with before.
   * v2: only backoff retry with Azure SDK with fixed exponent 2.
* Set percentage of nodes scored in each cycle dynamically based on the cluster size. ([#72140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72140), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

## Changelog since v1.6.4

### Other notable changes

* Fix iSCSI iSER mounting. ([#47281](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47281), [@mtanino](https://github.com/mtanino))
* Added exponential backoff to Azure cloudprovider ([#46660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46660), [@jackfrancis](https://github.com/jackfrancis))

  - Serve from cache for the whole period of ongoing throttling
  - Fix unwanted VMSS VMs cache invalidations
  - Enforce setting the number of retries if cloud provider backoff is enabled
  - Don't update capacity if VMSS provisioning state is updating
  - Support allocatable resources overrides via VMSS tags
  - Add missing stable labels in template nodes

## Next Steps

1. **Immediate Actions**:
   - Set up Windows Server test environment
   - Create detailed technical specifications for Phase 1
   - Identify and evaluate Java RDMA libraries

2. **Phase 1 Kickoff**:
   - Begin SMB3 lease implementation
   - Create comprehensive test suite
   - Document API changes

3. **Community Engagement**:
   - Announce implementation plan
   - Solicit feedback from users