* Fix issue where on re-registration of device plugin, `allocatable` was not getting updated. This issue makes devices invisible to the Kubelet if device plugin restarts. Only work-around, if this fix is not there, is to restart the kubelet and then start device plugin. ([#63118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63118), [@vikaschoudhary16](https://github.com/vikaschoudhary16))

    * Disable timestamp adjustment in logs to optimize performance.
    * Reduce logging agent buffer chunk limit to 512k to optimize performance.

* Fixes an issue with APIService auto-registration affecting rolling HA apiserver restarts that add or remove API groups being served. ([#51921](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51921), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Ingress objects are now persisted in etcd using the networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 version ([#77139](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77139), [@cmluciano](https://github.com/cmluciano))
- Transparent kube-proxy restarts when using IPVS are now allowed. ([#75283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75283), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))
- Packets considered INVALID by conntrack are now dropped. In particular, this fixes

- Added a mechanism for configurable container restarts: _container-level restart rules_. This was an alpha feature behind the `ContainerRestartRules` feature gate. ([#132642](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132642), [@yuanwang04](https://github.com/yuanwang04)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps,...

- Updated cAdvisor to v0.44.2 - Fix metrics in cri-o when a container restarts ([#118800](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118800), [@harche](https://github.com/harche)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
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### Changed

- Fix kubectl config flags incorrectly setting burst and discovery limits ([#108401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108401), [@ulucinar](https://github.com/ulucinar)) [SIG CLI]
- Fix static pod restarts in cases where the container is not present. ([#108164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108164), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips)) [SIG Node]

- Updated etcd image to `3.5.9-0`. ([#117999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117999), [@kkkkun](https://github.com/kkkkun)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Updated cAdvisor to `v0.47.2` and fixed metrics in `cri-o` when a container restarts. ([#118774](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118774), [@harche](https://github.com/harche))

- Updated cAdvisor to v0.45.1 - Fix metrics in cri-o when a container restarts ([#118799](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118799), [@harche](https://github.com/harche)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

* [IPVS] Allow for transparent kube-proxy restarts ([#75283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75283), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))