* Fixed mounting with containerized kubelet ([#23435](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23435), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
* Do not throw creation errors for containers that fail immediately after being started ([#23894](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23894), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix Topology Aware Hints not working when the `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` label is added after Node creation
  - Fix a data race in TopologyCache when `AddHints` and `SetNodes` are called concurrently ([#117267](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117267), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Apps and Network]

* Fix a bug where kubelet would not retry pod sandbox creation when the restart policy of the pod is Never ([#79451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79451), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Azurefile: Normalize share name to not include the capital letters ([#100731](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100731), [@kassarl](https://github.com/kassarl))
- Chain the field manager creation calls in `newDefaultFieldManager` to be explicit about the order of operations. ([#101076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101076), [@kevindelgado](https://github.com/kevindelgado))

        * requests for a TLS client certificate for any node are approved if the CSR creator has `create` permission on the `certificatesigningrequests` resource and `nodeclient` subresource in the `certificates.k8s.io` API group

    kubelet does not start pods that require networking before
    [networking is ready](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43014).
    This change may require changes to clients that gate pod creation and/or
    scheduling on the node condition `type` `Ready` `status` being `True` for pods
    that need to run prior to the network being ready.
* **Enhance Kubelet QoS**:

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- 'Promoted `cronjob_job_creation_skew` metric to stable to follow the cronjob v2 controller,
  the following metrics had their name updated to match metrics API guidelines:
    - `cronjob_job_creation_skew_duration_seconds` -> `job_creation_skew_duration_seconds`.' ([#113008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113008), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- Added `job_pods_creation_total` metrics for tracking Pods created by the Job controller labeled by events which triggered the Pod creation. ([#121481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121481), [@dejanzele](https://github.com/dejanzele))

   ([#122285](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122285), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))
- Removed the incorrect warning event `FileSystemResizeFailed` during pod creation if it uses a readonly volume and the capacity of the volume is greater than or equal to its requested storage.
   ([#122508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122508), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))