* Container runtime daemon (e.g. dockerd) logs in GCE cluster will be uploaded to stackdriver and elasticsearch with tag `container-runtime`. ([#59103](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59103), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

- Kubeadm now prints warnings instead of throwing errors if the current system time is outside of the NotBefore and NotAfter bounds of a loaded certificate.  ([#94504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94504), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

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to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth
hearing.  For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but
at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth
again, and said, `So you think you're changed, do you?'

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- CA, certificate and key bundles for the `generic-apiserver` based servers will be reloaded immediately after the files are changed. ([#104102](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104102), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn))

- DRA: scheduling pods is up to 16x faster, depending on the scenario. Scheduling throughput depends a lot on cluster utilization. It is higher for lightly loaded clusters with free resources and gets lower when the cluster utilization increases. ([#127277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127277), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Architecture, Auth, Etcd, Instrumentation,...

- Reduce API server memory when many CRDs are loaded by sharing a single etcd3 client logger across all clients ([#111648](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111648), [@negz](https://github.com/negz)) [SIG API Machinery]

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    /**
     * Adds an index configuration file path to be loaded.
     *
     * @param path path to the index configuration file
     */
    public void addIndexConfig(final String path) {
        indexConfigList.add(path);
    }

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- Add alpha support for manifest-based admission control configuration (KEP-5793). When the `ManifestBasedAdmissionControlConfig` feature gate is enabled, admission webhooks and CEL-based policies can be loaded from static manifest files on disk via the `staticManifestsDir` field in `AdmissionConfiguration`. These policies are active from API server startup, survive etcd unavailability, and can protect API-based admission resources from modification. ([...