- Kubelet: make the image pull time more accurate in event ([#114271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114271), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Node]

- kubeadm: now pulls images when joining a new control plane instance ([#72870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72870), [@MalloZup](https://github.com/MalloZup))
- Exited kube-proxy when configuration file changes ([#59176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59176), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* fix issue that pull image failed from a cross-subscription Azure Container Registry by SP access ([#66429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66429), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

pkg go/types, method (*Alias) TypeParams() *TypeParamList #67143
pkg go/types, method (*Func) Signature() *Signature #65772
pkg iter, func Pull2[$0 interface{}, $1 interface{}](Seq2[$0, $1]) (func() ($0, $1, bool), func()) #61897
pkg iter, func Pull[$0 interface{}](Seq[$0]) (func() ($0, bool), func()) #61897
pkg iter, type Seq2[$0 interface{}, $1 interface{}] func(func($0, $1) bool) #61897

- Fixes a regression in the kubelet restarting static pods. ([#108303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108303), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Fix memory leak in kube-apiserver when underlying time goes forth and back. ([#96266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96266), [@chenyw1990](https://github.com/chenyw1990)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fix azure file migration issue ([#97877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97877), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Auth, Cloud Provider and Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Added: Log Line for Debugging possible merge errors for Kubelet related Config requests. ([#124389](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124389), [@holgerson97](https://github.com/holgerson97)) [SIG Node]

* Moved pod affinity and anti-affinity from annotations to api fields [#25319](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25319) ([#39478](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39478), [@rrati](https://github.com/rrati))
* Add QoS pod status field ([#37968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37968), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

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