- Use HorizontalPodAutoscaler v2 for kubectl ([#114886](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114886), [@a7i](https://github.com/a7i)) [SIG CLI]
- Verify that the key matches the cert ([#113581](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113581), [@aimuz](https://github.com/aimuz)) [SIG Apps]
- When any scheduler plugin returns an `unschedulableAndUnresolvable` status

* Add fallbacks to ARM API when getting empty node IP from Azure IMDS ([#69077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69077), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Verify invalid secret/configmap/projected volumes before calling setup ([#68691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68691), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- Added the `DetectCacheInconsistency` feature gate, allowing the API server to periodically verify consistency between its `cache` and `etcd`. Detected inconsistencies reported via the `apiserver_storage_consistency_checks_total` metric and trigger purging of affected cache snapshots. ([#132884](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132884),...

* Add `kubectl config rename-context` ([#46114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46114), [@arthur0](https://github.com/arthur0))
* Fix AWS EBS volumes not getting detached from node if routine to verify volumes are attached runs while the node is down ([#46463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46463), [@wongma7](https://github.com/wongma7))

    *   Passes sourcesReady from kubelet to the device plugin to avoid removing inactive pods during the grace period of kubelet restart.
    *   Extends the gpu_device_plugin e2e_node test to verify that scheduled pods can continue to run even after a device plugin deletion and kubelet restart.

* Verify invalid secret/configmap/projected volumes before calling setup ([#68691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68691), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

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- `kubeadm`: The `NodeSwap` check that kubeadm performs during preflight, has a new warning to verify if swap has been configured correctly. ([#125157](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125157), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

    }

    @Test
    void testDigitGreaterThanNonBmpCharacters() {
        ComparableVersion c1 = new ComparableVersion("1");
        // MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT TWO
        ComparableVersion c2 = new ComparableVersion("\uD835\uDFE4");
        assertTrue(c1.compareTo(c2) > 0, "expected " + "1" + " > " + "\uD835\uDFE4");

- Restore --verify-only function in code generation wrappers. ([#123261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123261), [@skitt](https://github.com/skitt)) [SIG API Machinery]