- Empty values are no longer assigned to undefined resources (CPU or memory) when storing the resources allocated to the pod in checkpoint. ([#117615](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117615), [@aheng-ch](https://github.com/aheng-ch))
- Fixed CEL estimated cost of `replace()` to handle a zero length replacement string correctly.

- Fix removing pods from podTopologyHints mapping ([#101892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101892), [@aheng-ch](https://github.com/aheng-ch)) [SIG Node]

- Fix removing pods from podTopologyHints mapping ([#101896](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101896), [@aheng-ch](https://github.com/aheng-ch)) [SIG Node]
- Fix: avoid nil-pointer panic when checking the frontend IP configuration ([#101739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101739), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

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down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to
see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and
noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves;
here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.  She
took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was
labelled `ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it
was empty:  she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing

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- Fix for volume reconstruction of CSI ephemeral volumes ([#113346](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113346), [@dobsonj](https://github.com/dobsonj)) [SIG Node, Storage and Testing]
- Kube-apiserver: resolves possible hung connections using konnectivity network proxy with TCP or UDS HTTP connect configurations ([#113862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113862), [@jkh52](https://github.com/jkh52)) [SIG API Machinery]