* Changed default scsi controller type in vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38426](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38426), [@abrarshivani](https://github.com/abrarshivani))

- CRDs: For structural schemas, non-nullable null map fields will now be dropped and defaulted if a default is available. null items in the list will continue being preserved, and fail validation if not nullable. ([#95423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95423), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG API Machinery]

    # /- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    # o aliasDelimiterInDbComment: (NotRequired - Default '')
    #  If the alias exists in its DB comment like as follows:
    #    member name : The name of member's full name
    #  you can use the alias in DBFlute world, java-doc, SchemaHTML...
    #  DB comment which does not have the delimiter is not treated
    #  as alias, treated as description (real comment).

     * Reset the {@code activeProxy} field to {@code null}.
     */
    public void flushActiveProxy() {
        this.activeProxy = null;
    }

    /**
     * @return the first active proxy
     */
    public synchronized Proxy getActiveProxy() {
        if (activeProxy == null) {
            java.util.List<Proxy> proxies = getProxies();
            if (proxies != null && !proxies.isEmpty()) {

* fix: detach azure disk issue using dangling error ([#81266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81266), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Zero-value `metadata.creationTimestamp` values are now omitted and no longer serialize an explicit `null` in JSON, YAML, and CBOR output ([#130989](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130989), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Architecture, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider,...

    void testNullDecryptionKey() {
        // When/Then
        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> {
            new Smb2EncryptionContext(1, DialectVersion.SMB311, testEncryptionKey, null);
        }, "Should throw NullPointerException for null decryption key");
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Should accept null dialect during construction")
    void testNullDialect() {
        // When/Then

    }
    if (keyStrength != null) {
      s.add("keyStrength", Ascii.toLowerCase(keyStrength.toString()));
    }
    if (valueStrength != null) {
      s.add("valueStrength", Ascii.toLowerCase(valueStrength.toString()));
    }
    if (keyEquivalence != null) {
      s.addValue("keyEquivalence");
    }
    if (valueEquivalence != null) {
      s.addValue("valueEquivalence");
    }

- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.22.5 ([#125898](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125898), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- NONE ([#126126](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126126), [@cji](https://github.com/cji)) [SIG Node and Windows]

   * implementation avoids a full iteration when the iterable is a {@link Multiset} or {@link Set}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> In most cases, the {@code Stream} equivalent of this method is {@code
   * stream.filter(element::equals).count()}. If {@code element} might be null, use {@code
   * stream.filter(Predicate.isEqual(element)).count()} instead.
   *