- Mark `net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start` as safe `sysctl`. ([#103326](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103326), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))
- Metrics server nanny has now poll period set to 30s (previously 5 minutes) to allow faster scaling of metrics server. ([#101869](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101869), [@olagacek](https://github.com/olagacek)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Instrumentation]

* Increase allowed lag for ssh key sync loop in tunneler to allow for one failure ([#60068](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60068), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

our)return this.hour++,this.toggleMeridian();12===this.hour&&(this.hour=0)}return this.hour===this.maxHours-1?void(this.hour=0):void this.hour++},incrementMinute:function(a){var b;b=a?this.minute+a:this.minute+this.minuteStep-this.minute%this.minuteStep,b>59?(this.incrementHour(),this.minute=b-60):this.minute=b},incrementSecond:function(){var a=this.second+this.secondStep-this.second%this.secondStep;a>59?(this.incrementMinute(!0),this.second=a-60):this.second=a},mousewheel:function(b){if(!this.d...

and "unreachable" using `NoExecute` taints. In combination with `tolerationSeconds` described below, this allows per-pod specification of how long to remain bound to a node that becomes unreachable or not ready, rather than using the default of 5 minutes. You can enable this alpha feature by including `TaintBasedEvictions=true` in `--feature-gates`, such as `--feature-gates=FooBar=true,TaintBasedEvictions=true`. Documentation is [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/)....

- Volumes are no longer detached from healthy nodes after 6 minutes timeout. 6 minute force-detach timeout is used only for unhealthy nodes (`node.status.conditions["Ready"] != true`). ([#110721](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110721), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Apps]

      require(hour in 0..23)
      require(minute in 0..59)
      require(second in 0..59)

      GregorianCalendar(UTC).apply {
        isLenient = false
        set(Calendar.YEAR, year)
        set(Calendar.MONTH, month - 1)
        set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dayOfMonth)
        set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour)
        set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute)
        set(Calendar.SECOND, second)

- Kubeadm: fixed the bug where the v1beta4 Timeouts.EtcdAPICall field was not respected in etcd client operations, and the default timeout of 2 minutes was always used. ([#129862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129862), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

daysMinRegex","computeWeekdaysParse","minp","shortp","longp","minPieces","day","_weekdaysRegex","_weekdaysShortRegex","_weekdaysMinRegex","_weekdaysStrictRegex","_weekdaysShortStrictRegex","_weekdaysMinStrictRegex","hFormat","hours","lowercase","minutes","matchMeridiem","_meridiemParse","seconds","kInput","_isPm","isPM","_meridiem","pos","pos1","pos2","getSetHour","globalLocale","baseConfig","calendar","sameDay","nextDay","nextWeek","lastDay","lastWeek","sameElse","LTS","LT","L","LL","LLL","LLLL...

##### Cluster Autoscaler

* Cluster autoscaler is now GA
* Cluster support size is increased to 1000 nodes
* Respect graceful pod termination of up to 10 minutes
* Handle zone stock-outs and failures
* Improve monitoring and error reporting

#### Container Runtime Interface (CRI)

* Fixes bug in DaemonSetController causing it to stop processing some DaemonSets for 5 minutes after node removal. ([#76060](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76060), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))