- Scheduler extender filter interface now can report unresolvable failed nodes in the new field `FailedAndUnresolvableNodes` of  `ExtenderFilterResult` struct. Nodes in this map will be skipped in the preemption phase. ([#92866](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92866), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc)) [SIG Scheduling]

### API Change

- Kubelet podresources API now provides the information about active pods only. ([#79409](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79409), [@takmatsu](https://github.com/takmatsu)) [SIG Node]
- Pod Finalizers and Conditions updates are skipped for re-scheduling attempts ([#91953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91953), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

        switch (fesenType) {
        case Constants.FESEN_TYPE_CLOUD:
        case Constants.FESEN_TYPE_AWS:
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Skipped configsync flush: {}", fesenType);
            }
            callback.run();
            break;
        default:
            ComponentUtil.getCurlHelper().post("/_configsync/flush").execute(response -> {

  The well-known annotation endpoints.kubernetes.io/last-change-trigger-time is skipped and not mirrored. ([#100443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100443), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Apps, Network and Testing]

* azure: lower log priority for skipped nic update message ([#34730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34730), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))



# v1.4.3

* NodeController waits for informer sync before doing anything ([#34809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34809), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
* azure: lower log priority for skipped nic update message ([#34730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34730), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))

 - Fixed the behavior of the `KUBE_PROXY_NFTABLES_SKIP_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK` environment variable in the nftables proxier. The kernel version check is now skipped only when this variable is explicitly set to a non-empty value. To skip the check, set the `KUBE_PROXY_NFTABLES_SKIP_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK` environment variable. ([#130401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130401), [@ryota-sakamoto](h...

#### **Kubeadm**

* Fix public IP not found issues for VMSS nodes ([#80703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80703), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix a conformance test that was skipped when client had a newer micro version than server. ([#80598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80598), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))