- `kubeproxy_conntrack_reconciler_deleted_entries_total` metric can be used to track cumulative sum of conntrack flows cleared by reconciler. ([#130204](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130204), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))

- The scheduler no longer cleared the `nominatedNodeName` field for Pods. External components, such as Cluster Autoscaler and Karpenter, were responsible for managing this field when needed. ([#133276](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133276), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko))...

* fix race condition issue for smb mount on windows ([#75371](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75371), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* UDP Service conntrack entries for ExternalIPs are now correctly cleared when endpoints are added  ([#75265](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75265), [@JacobTanenbaum](https://github.com/JacobTanenbaum))

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- Fixed a bug that a pod's `.status.nominatedNodeName` is not cleared properly, and thus over-occupied system resources. ([#106816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106816), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Fixed an issue that a Pod's nominatedNodeName cannot be cleared upon node deletion. ([#91750](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91750), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

 
## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Fixed a bug that a pod's .status.nominatedNodeName is not cleared properly, and thus over-occupied system resources. ([#107109](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107109), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]