* Improve Azure instance metadata handling by adding caches. ([#70353](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70353), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Ensure orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Kubectl: Fixed panic when describing an ingress backend without an API Group ([#100505](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100505), [@lauchokyip](https://github.com/lauchokyip)) [SIG CLI]
- Kubelet now cleans up orphaned volume directories automatically ([#95301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95301), [@lorenz](https://github.com/lorenz)) [SIG Node and Storage]

* Add support for Azure internal load balancer. ([#45690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45690), [@jdumars](https://github.com/jdumars))
* Fix `kubectl delete --cascade=false` for resources that don't have legacy overrides to orphan by default. ([#45713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45713), [@kargakis](https://github.com/kargakis))

- Only declare Job as finished after removing all Pod finalizers to avoid orphan Pods ([#119163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119163), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

- Fixing a bug where a failed node may not have the NoExecute taint set correctly ([#98140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98140), [@CKchen0726](https://github.com/CKchen0726)) [SIG Apps and Node]
- Kubelet now cleans up orphaned volume directories automatically ([#95301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95301), [@lorenz](https://github.com/lorenz)) [SIG Node and Storage]