* Fix metrics API group name in audit configuration ([#53493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53493), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.16](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/ima...

- Migrate `pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/filtering.go`,`pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering.go`, `pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/volumezone/volume_zone.go` to structured logging (#105931, @mengjiao-liu) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.17](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/ima...

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.22.17](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/ima...

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.30.0-alpha.2](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-ppc64le), [s390x](https://console.cloud.google.com/g...

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.14](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/ima...

[registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.29.2](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-amd64), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-scheduler-ppc64le), [s390x](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/i...

- Kube-apiserver: the componentstatus API is deprecated. This API provided status of etcd, kube-scheduler, and kube-controller-manager components, but only worked when those components were local to the API server, and when kube-scheduler and kube-controller-manager exposed unsecured health endpoints. Instead of this API, etcd health is included in the kube-apiserver health check and kube-scheduler/kube-controller-manager health checks can be made directly against those components' health endpoints....

- Scheduler framework interface moved from pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha to pkg/scheduler/framework ([#95069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95069), [@farah](https://github.com/farah)) [SIG Scheduling, Storage and Testing]