*   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**

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- Revised the logic for DaemonSet rolling update to exclude nodes if scheduling constraints are not met.

- Revised the logic for DaemonSet rolling update to exclude nodes if scheduling constraints are not met.

- The calculations for Pod topology spread skew now exclude nodes that
  don't match the node affinity/selector. This may lead to unschedulable pods if you previously had pods
  matching the spreading selector on those excluded nodes (not matching the node affinity/selector),

    *   Experimental support for shape invariants has been enabled in
        `tf.function`. See the API docs for
        `tf.autograph.experimental.set_loop_options` for additional info.
    *   AutoGraph error messages now exclude frames corresponding to APIs
        internal to AutoGraph.
    *   Improve shape inference for `tf.function` input arguments to unlock more
        Grappler optimizations in TensorFlow 2.x.