* [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump version of fluentd-gcp to 2.0.18 to include latest security fixes. ([#67693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67693), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* Add aggregator_unavailable_apiservice_{count,gauge} metrics in the kube-aggregator. ([#71380](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71380), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* Fixes apiserver nil pointer panics when requesting v2beta1 autoscaling object metrics ([#71744](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71744), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882))

- Fixed node lifecycle controller panic when conditionType ready is been patch `nil` by mistake. ([#122874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122874), [@fusida](https://github.com/fusida))
- Fixed panic of Evented `PLEG` during kubelet start-up. ([#122475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122475), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- K8s.io/component-base/logs: usage of the pflag values in a normal Go flag set led to panics when printing the help message ([#114680](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114680), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Instrumentation]

### Other notable changes

* Fixes kube-proxy bug accessing self nodeip:port on windows ([#83027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83027), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fixed panic when accessing CustomResources of a CRD with x-kubernetes-int-or-string. ([#83790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83790), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Fixes a 1.29.0 regression that introduced a possible data race that could cause panics in kube-controller-manager and kube-scheduler ([#124518](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124518), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Scheduling]

	if !s.IsValid(w, r) {
		return
	}
	rw := streamHTTPResponse(w)
	defer func() {
		if r := recover(); r != nil {
			debug.PrintStack()
			rw.CloseWithError(fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", r))
		}
	}()

	var req ReadMultipleReq
	mr := msgpNewReader(r.Body)
	defer readMsgpReaderPoolPut(mr)
	err := req.DecodeMsg(mr)
	if err != nil {
		rw.CloseWithError(err)
		return

		shards[i+k] = nil
		if parityOK[i+k] {
			shards[i+k] = splitData[i+k][startOffset:offset]
		}
	}
	// Reconstruct with current config.
	if err := rs.ReconstructData(shards); err != nil {
		panic(fmt.Sprintln("Internal error, could NOT partially reconstruct:", err))
	}
	// Copy reconstructed data back.
	verified := 0
	reconstructed := 0
	for shardsIdx, ok := range shardConfig {
		if ok == 0 {

- Fix: GetLabelsForVolume panic issue for azure disk PV ([#92166](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92166), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

		return nil, errFileNotFound
	}
	var dst xlMetaV2Version
	_, err = dst.unmarshalV(x.metaV, x.versions[idx].meta)
	if false {
		if err == nil && x.versions[idx].header.VersionID != dst.getVersionID() {
			panic(fmt.Sprintf("header: %x != object id: %x", x.versions[idx].header.VersionID, dst.getVersionID()))
		}
	}
	return &dst, err
}

// setIdx will replace a version at a given index.