* NodeController waits for informer sync before doing anything ([#34809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34809), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
* azure: lower log priority for skipped nic update message ([#34730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34730), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))

            return true;
          }
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

    /**
     * Advances to the given entry. Returns true if the entry was valid, false if it should be
     * skipped.
     */
    boolean advanceTo(ReferenceEntry<K, V> entry) {
      try {
        long now = ticker.read();
        K key = entry.getKey();
        V value = getLiveValue(entry, now);

* Fix public IP not found issues for VMSS nodes ([#80703](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80703), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fix a conformance test that was skipped when client had a newer micro version than server. ([#80598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80598), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

#### **Kubeadm**

 - Fixed the behavior of the `KUBE_PROXY_NFTABLES_SKIP_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK` environment variable in the nftables proxier. The kernel version check is now skipped only when this variable is explicitly set to a non-empty value. To skip the check, set the `KUBE_PROXY_NFTABLES_SKIP_KERNEL_VERSION_CHECK` environment variable. ([#130401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130401), [@ryota-sakamoto](h...

- Pod Finalizers and Conditions updates are skipped for re-scheduling attempts ([#91298](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91298), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

to not return an error when the specified target can be detected as not a mount point. On Linux, the behavior of detecting a mount point depends on `umount` command is validated when the mounter is created. Additionally, mount point checks will be skipped in CleanupMountPoint/CleanupMountWithForce if the mounter's Unmount having the changed behavior of not returning error when target is not a mount point. ([#109676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109676), [@cartermckinnon](https://g...

- Skipped pod backoff entirely when the `PodMaxBackoffDuration` kube-scheduler option was set to zero and the `SchedulerPopFromBackoffQ` feature gate was enabled. ([#131965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131965), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko))...

* kubeadm: preflight checks on external etcd certificates are now skipped when joining a control-plane node with automatic copy of cluster certificates (--certificate-key) ([#75847](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75847), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

- Fixed a 1.26 regression scheduling bug by ensuring that preemption is skipped when a PreFilter plugin returns `UnschedulableAndUnresolvable` ([#119952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119952), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho)) [SIG Scheduling]