- Improved memory usage of `kube-scheduler` by dropping the `.metadata.managedFields` field that `kube-scheduler` doesn't require. ([#119556](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119556), [@linxiulei](https://github.com/linxiulei))

    String CRAWLER_METADATA_CONTENT_EXCLUDES = "crawler.metadata.content.excludes";

    /** The key of the configuration. e.g. title=title:string<br>
     * Title=title:string<br>
     * dc:title=title:string<br>
     *  */
    String CRAWLER_METADATA_NAME_MAPPING = "crawler.metadata.name.mapping";

    /** The key of the configuration. e.g. //BODY */

- Namespace API objects now have a `kubernetes.io/metadata.name` label matching their metadata.name field to allow selecting any namespace by its name using a label selector. ([#96968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96968), [@jayunit100](https://github.com/jayunit100)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Cloud Provider,...

      if (map.recordsAccess()) {
        entry.setAccessTime(now);
      }
      recencyQueue.add(entry);
    }

    /**
     * Updates the eviction metadata that {@code entry} was just read. This currently amounts to
     * adding {@code entry} to relevant eviction lists.
     *
     * <p>Note: this method should only be called under lock, as it directly manipulates the

- Fix missing cadvisor machine metrics. ([#97006](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97006), [@lingsamuel](https://github.com/lingsamuel)) [SIG Node]
- Fix: azure file latency issue for metadata-heavy workloads ([#97082](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97082), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

- The `NamespaceDefaultLabelName` is promoted to GA in this release. All Namespace API objects have a `kubernetes.io/metadata.name` label matching their `metadata.name` field to allow selecting any `namespace` by its name using a label selector. ([#101342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101342), [@rosenhouse](https://github.com/rosenhouse))

- go.uber.org/automaxprocs: v1.6.0
- golang.org/x/tools/go/expect: v0.1.1-deprecated
- golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/packagestest: v0.1.1-deprecated

### Changed
- cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata: v0.6.0 → v0.7.0
- github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config: [v1.27.24 → v1.29.14](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/compare/config/v1.27.24...config/v1.29.14)

- The `pods/binding` subresource now honors `metadata.uid` and `metadata.resourceVersion` ([#105913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105913), [@aholic](https://github.com/aholic))
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives

- Fixes a regression in the pod binding subresource to honor the `metadata.uid` precondition.

- Do not include preemptor pod metadata in the event message ([#114946](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114946), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Scheduling]