* Fixed an issue which prevented `gcloud` from working on GCE when metadata concealment was enabled. ([#66630](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66630), [@dekkagaijin](https://github.com/dekkagaijin))
* Fix for resourcepool-path configuration in the vsphere.conf file. ([#66261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66261), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

        }

        assertEquals(threadCount * opsPerThread, successCount.get(), "All operations should succeed");
    }

    /**
     * Test that session release with double-check pattern prevents race conditions.
     */
    @Test
    public void testSessionReleaseDoubleCheckPattern() throws Exception {
        // Given

- Fix that prevents repeated fetching of PVC/PV objects by kubelet when processing of pod volumes fails. While this prevents hammering API server in these error scenarios, it means that some errors in processing volume(s) for a pod could now take up to 2-3 minutes before retry. ([#88141](https://github.com/kubernetes...

	// The time this element would be cleaned up, optional
	ExpiresAt time.Time

	// The expiry bucket item was put in, optional
	ExpireBucket uint8
}

// PrevEntry returns the previous list element or nil.
func (e *Entry[K, V]) PrevEntry() *Entry[K, V] {
	if p := e.prev; e.list != nil && p != &e.list.root {
		return p
	}
	return nil
}

// LruList represents a doubly linked list.

- Prevent kube-scheduler from nominating a Pod that was already scheduled to a node ([#109245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109245), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))

* Fix public IP not found issues for VMSS nodes ([#80703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80703), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Resolves a bug that prevented sending a multi-version custom resource to an admission webhook. ([#79495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79495), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

Consider an application streaming a video over http/2. Perhaps the user pauses the video and the application stops reading bytes from this stream. The buffer will fill up, and flow control prevents the server from sending more data on this stream. When the user unpauses her video the buffer drains, the read is acknowledged, and the server proceeds to stream data.

#### Shared reader thread

- Fixed a regression in default configurations, which enabled PodDisruptionConditions by default, 

- Prevented watch cache starvation by moving its watch to separate RPC. Added a `SeparateCacheWatchRPC` feature flag to disable this behavior. ([#123532](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123532), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))

* kubeadm: prevent overriding of certain kubelet security configuration parameters if the user wished to modify them ([#81903](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81903), [@jfbai](https://github.com/jfbai))