- Kube-controller-manager: the `horizontal-pod-autoscaler-upscale-delay` and `horizontal-pod-autoscaler-downscale-delay` flags have been removed (deprecated and non-functional since v1.12). ([#124948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124948), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Autoscaling]

- Fix instance not found issues when an Azure Node is recreated in a short time ([#93316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93316), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

        // The pending load was clobbered by a manual write.
        // Unblock all pending gets, and have them return the new value.
        set(newValue);
      } else {
        // The pending load was removed. Delay notifications until loading completes.
        oldValue = unset();
      }

      // TODO(fry): could also cancel loading if we had a handle on its future
    }

  ) {
    setUp(protocol, mockWebServer)
    // Ping every 500 ms, starting at 500 ms.
    client =
      client.newBuilder()
        .pingInterval(Duration.ofMillis(500))
        .build()

    // Delay the response to give 1 ping enough time to be sent and replied to.
    server.enqueue(
      MockResponse.Builder()
        .bodyDelay(750, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
        .body("ABC")
        .build(),
    )

* CRI: `kubectl logs -f` now stops following when container stops, as it did pre-CRI. ([#44406](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44406), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))
* Azure cloudprovider: Reduce the polling delay for all azure clients to 5 seconds. This should speed up some operations at the cost of some additional quota. ([#43699](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43699), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))

* Change default value of deleting-pods-burst to 1 ([#27606](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27606), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
* MESOS: fix race condition in contrib/mesos/pkg/queue/delay ([#24916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24916), [@jdef](https://github.com/jdef))

- Fix: incorrect max azure disk max count ([#92331](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92331), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

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- Failed pods associated with a job with `parallelism = 1` are recreated by the job controller honoring exponential backoff delay again. However, for jobs with `parallelism > 1`, pods might be created without exponential backoff delay. ([#115022](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115022), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG Apps]

- Fix: don't use docker config cache if it's empty ([#92330](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92330), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]