*   The "ServiceNodeExclusion" feature gate must now be enabled for the `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer` annotation on nodes to be honored. ([#54644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54644),[ @brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.

//  1. Ignored fields.  It includes many fields which are not generally honored.  For instance, ResourceVersion and FieldPath are both very rarely valid in actual usage.
//  2. Invalid usage help.  It is impossible to add specific help for individual usage.  In most embedded usages, there are particular
//     restrictions like, "must refer only to types A and B" or "UID not honored" or "name must be restricted".

    assertThat(get2.headers["Proxy-Authorization"]).isEqualTo("password")
  }

  /**
   * OkHttp has a bug where a `Connection: close` response header is not honored when establishing a
   * TLS tunnel. https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/2426
   */
  @Test
  fun proxyAuthenticateOnConnectWithConnectionClose() {
    server.useHttps(handshakeCertificates.sslSocketFactory())

- Added `.spec.completionMode` field to Job, with accepted values `NonIndexed` (default) and `Indexed`. This is an alpha field and is only honored by servers with the `IndexedJob` feature gate enabled. ([#98441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98441), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and CLI]

//  1. Ignored fields.  It includes many fields which are not generally honored.  For instance, ResourceVersion and FieldPath are both very rarely valid in actual usage.
//  2. Invalid usage help.  It is impossible to add specific help for individual usage.  In most embedded usages, there are particular
//     restrictions like, "must refer only to types A and B" or "UID not honored" or "name must be restricted".

            "items": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/io.k8s.api.core.v1.TopologySelectorTerm"

- Disable watchcache for events ([#96052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96052), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96092), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in scheduler. ([#105915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105915), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in the scheduler. ([#105712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105712), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Support more than 100 disk mounts on Windows (#105673, @andyzhangx) [SIG Storage and Windows]
- The --leader-elect* CLI args are now honored correctly in scheduler. (#106130, @Huang-Wei) [SIG Scheduling]
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives
  the correct number of rules, rather than being off by one.
  

- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96181](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96181), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]