* 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))

    * 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))

* 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))

*   TF Core:
    *   A longstanding bug in `tf.while_loop`, which caused it to execute
        sequentially, even when `parallel_iterations>1`, has now been fixed.
        However, the increased parallelism may result in increased memory use.
        Users who experience unwanted regressions should reset their
        `while_loop`'s `parallel_iterations` value to 1, which is consistent
        with prior behavior.

   ([#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.

  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))

- Increase timeout for pod lifecycle test to reach pod status=ready ([#96691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96691), [@hh](https://github.com/hh))
- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. ([#98753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98753), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

- kube-proxy waits for some duration for the node to be defined. ([#77167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77167), [@paulsubrata55](https://github.com/paulsubrata55))
- Increase log level for graceful termination to `v=5` ([#80100](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80100), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))