### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

func New[T any]() *Cache[T] {
	return &Cache[T]{}
}

// NewFromFunc allocates a new cached value instance and initializes it with an
// update function, making it ready for use.
func NewFromFunc[T any](ttl time.Duration, opts Opts, update func(ctx context.Context) (T, error)) *Cache[T] {
	return &Cache[T]{
		ttl:      ttl,
		updateFn: update,
		opts:     opts,
	}
}

  The incorrect loop logic might lead to a plugin being loaded multiple times, consequently preventing any Pod from being scheduled, which is unexpected. ([#122368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122368), [@caohe](https://github.com/caohe)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fix the bug PIP's DNS is deleted if no DNS label service annotation isn't set. ([#87312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87312), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: set nil cache entry based on old cache ([#87591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87591), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

)

// metricsCache - cache for metrics.
//
// When serving metrics, this cache is passed to the MetricsLoaderFn.
//
// This cache is used for metrics that would result in network/storage calls.
type metricsCache struct {
	dataUsageInfo       *cachevalue.Cache[DataUsageInfo]
	esetHealthResult    *cachevalue.Cache[HealthResult]
	driveMetrics        *cachevalue.Cache[storageMetrics]

* Fix a scheduler panic due to internal cache inconsistency ([#71063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71063), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
* apiserver: fixes handling and logging of panics in REST handlers to prevent crashes ([#71076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71076), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  fstype: ext3
```

([#56147](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56147), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### Scheduling

* Fixed a bug the in scheduler cache by using Pod UID as the cache key instead of namespace/name ([#61069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61069), [@anfernee](https://github.com/anfernee))

  // 1. successful fresh cached GET response
  // 2. unsuccessful (404, 500) fresh cached GET response
  // 3. successful network response
  // 4. successful stale cached GET response
  // 5. unsuccessful response
  @Test
  fun usesCache() {
    val cache = Cache(cacheFs, "cache".toPath(), (100 * 1024).toLong())
    val cachedClient = bootstrapClient.newBuilder().cache(cache).build()

        String[] fields = { "cache1", "cache2", "cache3" };
        queryFieldConfig.setCacheResponseFields(fields);

        String[] result = queryFieldConfig.getCacheResponseFields();
        assertSame(fields, result);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_setCacheResponseFields() {
        String[] fields = { "cache1", "cache2", "cache3" };
        queryFieldConfig.setCacheResponseFields(fields);

  }

  /**
   * Accumulates statistics during the operation of a {@link Cache} for presentation by {@link
   * Cache#stats}. This is solely intended for consumption by {@code Cache} implementors.
   *
   * @since 10.0
   */
  public interface StatsCounter {
    /**
     * Records cache hits. This should be called when a cache request returns a cached value.
     *
     * @param count the number of hits to record