* Fix incorrect conflict errors applying strategic merge patches to resources. ([#43871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43871), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

            final java.util.regex.Matcher m = p.matcher(stripCodeFences(json));
            if (m.find()) {
                final String arrayContent = m.group(1);
                return Arrays.stream(arrayContent.split(","))
                        .map(String::trim)
                        .filter(s -> s.matches("\\d+"))
                        .map(Integer::parseInt)

One of the integer part or the fractional part may be elided; the radix point may be elided as well,
but the exponent part is required. (This syntax matches the one given in IEEE 754-2008 §5.12.3.)
An exponent value exp scales the mantissa (integer and fractional part) by 2<sup>exp</sup>
[<a href="#Go_1.13">Go 1.13</a>].
</p>

<p>

## Changelog since v1.12.8

### Other notable changes

* Active watches of custom resources now terminate properly if the CRD is modified. ([#78029](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78029), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

        * [`tf.data.Dataset.ragged_batch`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/data/Dataset/#ragged_batch), which batches elements of `tf.data.Dataset`s into `tf.RaggedTensor`s.
        * [`tf.data.Dataset.sparse_batch`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/data/Dataset/#sparse_batch), which batches elements of `tf.data.Dataset`s into `tf.sparse.SparseTensor`s.

## Bug Fixes and Other Changes

*   `tf.image`

  The scheduling hints allow the scheduler to only retry scheduling a `Pod`
  that was previously rejected by the `NodeAffinity` plugin if a new `Node` or a `Node` update matches the `Pod`'s node affinity. ([#119155](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119155), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- `kubeadm`: promoted feature gate `EtcdLearnerMode` to `beta`. Learner mode for

				err := hash.ChecksumMismatch{
					Want: opts.WantChecksum.Encoded,
					Got:  checksum.Encoded,
				}
				return oi, err
			}
		} else {
			err := opts.WantChecksum.Matches(checksumCombined, len(parts))
			if err != nil {
				return oi, err
			}
		}
	}

	// Accept encrypted checksum from incoming request.
	if opts.UserDefined[ReplicationSsecChecksumHeader] != "" {

- Fix: initial delay in mounting azure disk & file ([#93052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93052), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fixed a performance issue applying json patches to deeply nested objects ([#93813](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93813), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

 - The flag `--experimental-patches` is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can migrate to using the new flag `--patches`. Add a new field `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory` that can be used for the same purpose. For `init` and `join` it is now recommended that you migrate to configure patches via `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory`. For the time being, these flags can be mixed with `--config`, but that...

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))