* Bump version of prometheus-to-sd to 0.2.6 to decrease log noise and include latest security patches. ([#64963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64963), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
* Fixes issue for readOnly subpath mounts for SELinux systems and when the volume mountPath already existed in the container image. ([#64351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64351), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

  - apiserver_flowcontrol_latest_s: S(the request last dispatched) = R(when that request starts executing in the virtual world)
  - apiserver_flowcontrol_next_s_bounds: min and max next S among non-empty queues

- The `goroutines` metric is newly added in the scheduler. 
  It replaces `scheduler_goroutines` metric and it counts the number of goroutine in more places than `scheduler_goroutine` does. ([#112003](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112003), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]

* Fix kube-controller-manager panic while provisioning Azure security group rules ([#64739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64739), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fixes issue for readOnly subpath mounts for SELinux systems and when the volume mountPath already existed in the container image. ([#64351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64351), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

  ([#81210](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81210), [@figo](https://github.com/figo))
- kubelet now exports an `kubelet_evictions` metric that counts the number of pod evictions carried out by the kubelet to reclaim resources ([#81377](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81377), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

### Removed metrics

- Fix detach azure disk issue when vm not exist ([#95177](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95177), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix etcd_object_counts metric reported by kube-apiserver ([#94818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94818), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

* change azure disk host cache to ReadOnly by default ([#72229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72229), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixes issue with cleaning up stale NFS subpath mounts ([#71804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71804), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

  - update distroless-iptables to v0.4.6 ([#123771](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123771), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Fixed cleanup of Pod volume mounts when a file was used as a subpath. ([#123052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123052), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Node]

* Fixes issue with cleaning up stale NFS subpath mounts ([#71804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71804), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### StatefulSet

* Fix zone placement heuristics so that multiple mounts in a StatefulSet pod are created in the same zone ([#40910](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40910), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))