* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Fixed a bug in the TopologyManager. Previously, the TopologyManager would only guarantee alignment if container creation was serialized in some way. Alignment is now guaranteed under all scenarios of container creation. ([#87759](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87759), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node]

* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fixed a bug in the TopologyManager. Previously, the TopologyManager would only guarantee alignment if container creation was serialized in some way. Alignment is now guaranteed under all scenarios of container creation. ([#87759](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87759), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- 'Promoted `cronjob_job_creation_skew` metric to stable to follow the cronjob v2 controller,
  the following metrics had their name updated to match metrics API guidelines:
    - `cronjob_job_creation_skew_duration_seconds` -> `job_creation_skew_duration_seconds`.' ([#113008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113008), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

### KMM Plugin

- [`KTIJ-27158`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-27158) Import is failing after creation of new module if project don't use versionCatalog
- [`KT-59492`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59492) KMM AS plugin for Canary 231 reports error

### Klibs

- Fix performance issue when creating large objects using SSA with fully unspecified schemas (preserveUnknownFields). ([#111915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111915), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation, Storage and Testing]

    given-names: Yuan
  - family-names: Zheng
    given-names: Xiaoqiang
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.4724125
    description: The concept DOI for the collection containing all versions of the Citation File Format.
date-released: "2015-11-09"
license: "Apache-2.0"
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4724125

- Added `job_pods_creation_total` metrics for tracking Pods created by the Job controller labeled by events which triggered the Pod creation. ([#121481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121481), [@dejanzele](https://github.com/dejanzele))