### Bug or Regression

- EndpointSlice IP validation now matches Endpoints IP validation. ([#101084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101084), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]

const (
	replicateMetadata replicationAction = "metadata"
	replicateNone     replicationAction = "none"
	replicateAll      replicationAction = "all"
)

// matches k1 with all keys, returns 'true' if one of them matches
func equals(k1 string, keys ...string) bool {
	for _, k2 := range keys {
		if strings.EqualFold(k1, k2) {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

		go func(index int) {
			defer wg.Done()
			errs[index] = sys.peerClients[index].ReloadSiteReplicationConfig(ctx)
		}(index)
	}

	wg.Wait()
	return errs
}

// GetLastDayTierStats fetches per-tier stats of the last 24hrs from all peers
func (sys *NotificationSys) GetLastDayTierStats(ctx context.Context) DailyAllTierStats {
	errs := make([]error, len(sys.allPeerClients))

- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fixed a performance issue applying json patches to deeply nested objects ([#93813](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93813), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

  The scheduling hints allow the scheduler to only retry scheduling a `Pod`
  that was previously rejected by the `NodeAffinity` plugin if a new `Node` or a `Node` update matches the `Pod`'s node affinity. ([#119155](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119155), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- `kubeadm`: promoted feature gate `EtcdLearnerMode` to `beta`. Learner mode for

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HSPLkotlin/text/MatcherMatchResult;->getRange()Lkotlin/ranges/IntRange;
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func (sys *IAMSys) periodicRoutines(ctx context.Context, baseInterval time.Duration) {
	// Watch for IAM config changes for iamStorageWatcher.
	watcher, isWatcher := sys.store.IAMStorageAPI.(iamStorageWatcher)
	if isWatcher {
		go func() {
			ch := watcher.watch(ctx, iamConfigPrefix)
			for event := range ch {
				if err := sys.loadWatchedEvent(ctx, event); err != nil {
					// we simply log errors

## Changelog since v1.12.8

### Other notable changes

* Active watches of custom resources now terminate properly if the CRD is modified. ([#78029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78029), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

One of the integer part or the fractional part may be elided; the radix point may be elided as well,
but the exponent part is required. (This syntax matches the one given in IEEE 754-2008 §5.12.3.)
An exponent value exp scales the mantissa (integer and fractional part) by 2<sup>exp</sup>
[<a href="#Go_1.13">Go 1.13</a>].
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<p>

* Fix incorrect conflict errors applying strategic merge patches to resources. ([#43871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43871), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))