### Bug or Regression

- Avoid GCE API calls when initializing GCE CloudProvider for Kubelets.
  Avoid unnecessary GCE API calls when adding IP alises or reflecting them in Node object in GCE cloud provider. ([#96863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96863), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider and Network]

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> It is often preferable to represent your data using a collection type, for
   * example using {@link Arrays#asList(Object[])}, making this method unnecessary.
   *
   * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is either {@link Arrays#asList(Object[])},
   * {@link ImmutableList#copyOf(Object[])}}, or {@link ImmutableList#of}.
   */
  @SafeVarargs

- Avoid unnecessary GCE API calls when adding IP alises or reflecting them in Node object in GCE cloud provider. ([#90242](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90242), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider and Network]

- `kubeadm reset` now cleans up custom etcd data path ([#70003](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70003), [@yagonobre](https://github.com/yagonobre))
- kubeadm: Fixed unnecessary upgrades caused by undefined order of Volumes and VolumeMounts in manifests ([#70027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70027), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))

        lenient().when(mockDeferredNdrBuffer.derive(anyInt())).thenReturn(mockDeferredNdrBuffer);

        // Set up lenient stubs for common operations to avoid unnecessary stubbing exceptions
        lenient().when(mockNdrBuffer.getIndex()).thenReturn(0);
        lenient().when(mockDeferredNdrBuffer.getIndex()).thenReturn(0);
        // Mock the index field access

* etcd3: use PrevKV to remove additional get ([#34246](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34246), [@hongchaodeng](https://github.com/hongchaodeng))
* etcd3: avoid unnecessary decoding in etcd3 client  ([#34435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34435), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

* Replica set conditions API ([#33905](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33905), [@kargakis](https://github.com/kargakis))
* etcd3: avoid unnecessary decoding in etcd3 client  ([#34435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34435), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- Kube-apiserver: Resolved an issue causing unnecessary warning log messages about enabled alpha APIs during API server startup. ([#135327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135327), [@michaelasp](https://github.com/michaelasp))

  * iscsi storage plugin: Fix dangling session when using multiple target portal addresses. ([#46239](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46239), [@mtanino](https://github.com/mtanino))


  * Fix log spam due to unnecessary status update when node is deleted. ([#45923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45923), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))

        segment.expand();
      }
      assertThat(segment.table.length()).isEqualTo(i);
      assertThat(countLiveEntries(map, 0)).isEqualTo(liveCount);
      // expansion cleanup is sloppy, with a goal of avoiding unnecessary copies
      assertThat(segment.count).isAtLeast(liveCount);
      assertThat(segment.count).isAtMost(originalCount);
      assertThat(ImmutableMap.copyOf(map)).isEqualTo(originalMap);
    }
  }