* Creating LoadBalancer Service with "None" ClusterIP is no longer possible ([#33274](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33274), [@nebril](https://github.com/nebril))
* Increase timeout for federated ingress test. ([#33610](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33610), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))

    peer.setClient(true)

    // Write the mocking script.
    peer.sendFrame().settings(Settings().set(Settings.INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE, 0))
    peer.acceptFrame() // ACK
    peer.sendFrame().windowUpdate(0, 10) // Increase the connection window size.
    peer.acceptFrame() // PING
    peer.sendFrame().ping(true, Http2Connection.AWAIT_PING, 0)
    peer.acceptFrame() // HEADERS STREAM 3
    peer.sendFrame().windowUpdate(3, 5)

- Fixed a regression preventing garbage collection of RBAC role and binding objects ([#90534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90534), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG Auth]
- Kubeadm: increase robustness for "kubeadm join" when adding etcd members on slower setups ([#90645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90645), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* fix detach azure disk back off issue which has too big lock in failure retry condition ([#76573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76573), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Increase Azure default maximumLoadBalancerRuleCount to 250. ([#72621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72621), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* GCE: Bump GLBC version to [0.9.6](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress/releases/tag/0.9.6). ([#50096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50096), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))
* In GCE with COS, increase TasksMax for Docker service to raise cap on number of threads/processes used by containers. ([#51986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51986), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Improve func `ToSelectableFields`' performance for event. ([#102461](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102461), [@goodluckbot](https://github.com/goodluckbot))
- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. Prepare to increase the length limit to 256 bytes in 1.23 release. ([#101256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101256), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

* In GCE with COS, increase TasksMax for Docker service to raise cap on number of threads/processes used by containers. ([#51986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51986), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

   ([#121461](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121461), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski))
- Scheduler now skips the `NodeAffinity Score` plugin when it has nothing to do with a Pod. You might have noticed an increase in the metric `plugin_execution_duration_seconds` for `extension_point=score` and `plugin=NodeAffinity`, because the plugin only runs when it's relevant.

    * kubeadm: use the default kubeconfig (/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf) for "kubeadm reset" and "kubeadm upgrade" commands.
* Increase api server client certificate expiration histogram resolution to accommodate short-lived (< 6h) client certificates. ([#74806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74806), [@mxinden](https://github.com/mxinden))

  fix some problems, eg with HostPorts. ([#94474](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94474), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Node]
- Increase maximum IOPS of AWS EBS io1 volume to current maximum (64,000). ([#90014](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90014), [@jacobmarble](https://github.com/jacobmarble))