- A value of `Auto` is now a valid for the `service.kubernetes.io/topology-aware-hints` annotation. ([#100728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100728), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott))

* kubeadm: fix wrong default value for the "upgrade node --certificate-renewal" flag. ([#83528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83528), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
* IP validates if a string is a valid IP address ([#83104](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83104), [@zouyee](https://github.com/zouyee))

- Kube-scheduler: fixes a 1.28.10 regression that can lead to a scheduler crash when processing pods with affinity that doesn't match a real/valid node ([#125042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125042), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Kube-scheduler: fixes a 1.30 regression that can lead to a scheduler crash when processing pods with affinity that doesn't match a real/valid node ([#125039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125039), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Kubeadm: avoid panicing if the user has malformed the kubeconfig in the cluster-info config map to not include a valid current context. Include proper validation at the appropriate locations and throw errors instead. ([#134723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134723), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: avoid panicing if the user has malformed the kubeconfig in the cluster-info config map to not include a valid current context. Include proper validation at the appropriate locations and throw errors instead. ([#134725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134725), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

    /**
     * Get the value for the key 'cookie.search.parameter.same_site'. <br>
     * The value is, e.g. Lax <br>
     * comment: SameSite attribute for the search parameter cookie. Valid values: Lax, Strict, None
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getCookieSearchParameterSameSite();

    /**

pkg database/sql, type NullBool struct, Valid bool
pkg database/sql, type NullFloat64 struct
pkg database/sql, type NullFloat64 struct, Float64 float64
pkg database/sql, type NullFloat64 struct, Valid bool
pkg database/sql, type NullInt64 struct
pkg database/sql, type NullInt64 struct, Int64 int64
pkg database/sql, type NullInt64 struct, Valid bool
pkg database/sql, type NullString struct

- Resolves an issue that causes winkernel proxier to treat stale VIPs as valid ([#113558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113558), [@daschott](https://github.com/daschott)) [SIG Network and Windows]

  Other Ingress API updates:
  - backends can now be resource or service backends
  - `path` is no longer required to be a valid regular expression ([#89778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89778), [@cmluciano](https://github.com/cmluciano)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, CLI, Network and Testing]