* Mirror pods must now indicate the nodeName they are bound to on creation. The mirror pod annotation is now treated as immutable and cannot be added to an existing pod, removed from a pod, or modified. ([#45775](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45775), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Relaxed API validation to allow pod node selector to be mutable for gated pods (additions only, no deletions or mutations). ([#116161](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116161), [@danielvegamyhre](https://github.com/danielvegamyhre))

* The `spec.readinessGates` field is now dropped during creation of `Pod` objects unless the `PodReadinessGates` feature gate is enabled. ([#72695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72695), [@rajathagasthya](h...

- Introducing new semantic for metric `volume_operation_total_seconds` to be the end to end latency of volume provisioning/deletion. Existing metric "storage_operation_duration_seconds" will remain untouched, however it is...

- Node affinity, Node selectors, and tolerations are now mutable for Jobs that are suspended and have never been started ([#105479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105479), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

* Include kms-plugin-container.manifest to master manifests tarball. ([#65035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65035), [@immutableT](https://github.com/immutableT))
* kubeadm - Increase the manifest upgrade timeout to make upgrades more reliable. ([#65029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65029), [@detiber](https://github.com/detiber))

- [`KT-57214`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-57214) K2: compiler FIR crash on annotation usage before annotation class declaration
- [`KT-57204`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-57204) K2: callable reference to mutable property of inherited by delegation superinterface isn't properly resolved