- Fixed StatefulSet to show the valid status even if the new replica creation fails. ([#112083](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112083), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

    * Reduce logging agent buffer chunk limit to 512k to optimize performance.

            return true;
          }
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

    /**
     * Advances to the given entry. Returns true if the entry was valid, false if it should be
     * skipped.
     */
    boolean advanceTo(ReferenceEntry<K, V> entry) {
      try {
        long now = ticker.read();
        K key = entry.getKey();

* Add ipset and udevadm to the hyperkube base image. ([#61357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61357), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips))
* Fixes bugs that make apiserver panic when aggregating valid but not well formed OpenAPI spec ([#63626](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63626), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Add `metadata.generation=1` to old CustomResources. ([#82005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82005), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
- Fix a bug in the apiserver that could cause a valid update request to be rejected with a precondition check failure. ([#82303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82303), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

* kubeadm: fix wrong default value for the "upgrade node --certificate-renewal" flag. ([#83528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83528), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
* IP validates if a string is a valid IP address ([#83104](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83104), [@zouyee](https://github.com/zouyee))

- A value of `Auto` is now a valid for the `service.kubernetes.io/topology-aware-hints` annotation. ([#100728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100728), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott))

- Kube-scheduler: fixes a 1.28.10 regression that can lead to a scheduler crash when processing pods with affinity that doesn't match a real/valid node ([#125042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125042), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Kubeadm: avoid panicing if the user has malformed the kubeconfig in the cluster-info config map to not include a valid current context. Include proper validation at the appropriate locations and throw errors instead. ([#134723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134723), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

    /**
     * Get the value for the key 'cookie.search.parameter.same_site'. <br>
     * The value is, e.g. Lax <br>
     * comment: SameSite attribute for the search parameter cookie. Valid values: Lax, Strict, None
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getCookieSearchParameterSameSite();

    /**