* Only set sysctls for infra containers ([#32383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32383), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* fix kubectl taint e2e flake: add retries for removing taint ([#33872](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33872), [@kevin-wangzefeng](https://github.com/kevin-wangzefeng))

- E2e framework: the `node-role.kubernetes.io/master` taint has been removed from the default value of `--non-blocking-taints` flag. You may need to set `--non-blocking-taints` explicitly if the cluster to be tested has nodes with the deprecated `node-role.kubernetes.io/master` taint. ([#118510](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118510), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Testing]

- Preserved existing namespace information in manifests when running `
set ... --local` commands. ([#77267](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77267), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Support for parsing more v1.Taint forms has been added. For example, `key:effect`, `key=:effect-` are now accepted. ([#74159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74159), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky))

### Cloud Provider

- Kubeadm: removed the toleration for the `node-role.kubernetes.io/master` taint from the CoreDNS deployment of `kubeadm`. With the 1.25 release of kubeadm the taint `node-role.kubernetes.io/master` is no longer applied to control plane nodes and the toleration for it can be removed with the release of 1.26. You can also perform the same toleration removal from your own...

* fixes a panic applying json patches containing out of bounds operations ([#64355](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64355), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fixed NoTaintMaster to remove master taint and keep all other applied taints.  ([#64986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64986), [@ashleyschuett](https://github.com/ashleyschuett))

- DRA: Device taints enable DRA drivers or admins to mark device as unusable, which prevents allocating them. Pods may also get evicted at runtime if a device becomes unusable, depending on the severity of the taint and whether the claim tolerates the taint. ([#130447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130447), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps,...

- Remove `kubernetes.io/grpc` standard appProtocol ([#116866](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116866), [@LiorLieberman](https://github.com/LiorLieberman)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]
- Remove deprecated `--enable-taint-manager` and `--pod-eviction-timeout` CLI ([#115840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115840), [@atosatto](https://github.com/atosatto))

* kubead now creates kube-proxy with a toleration to run on all nodes, no matter the taint. ([#62390](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62390), [@discordianfish](https://github.com/discordianfish))

- Fixing a bug where a failed node may not have the NoExecute taint set correctly ([#98140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98140), [@CKchen0726](https://github.com/CKchen0726)) [SIG Apps and Node]

* Add kubelet awareness to taint tolerant match caculator. ([#26501](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/26501), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))