- Fixes a regression in the pod binding subresource to honor the `metadata.uid` precondition.
  This allows kube-scheduler to ensure it is assigns node names to the same instances of pods it made scheduling decisions for. ([#116776](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116776), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Always log APF InitialSeats and FinalSeats values ([#112283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112283), [@azylinski](https://github.com/azylinski)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Azure: Skip "instance not found" error for LB backend address pools ([#111428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111428), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng)) [SIG Cloud Provider]