* need to be cleaned up internally.
     */
    final @Nullable ReferenceQueue<K> keyReferenceQueue;

    /**
     * The value reference queue contains value references whose values have been garbage collected,
     * and which need to be cleaned up internally.
     */
    final @Nullable ReferenceQueue<V> valueReferenceQueue;

    /**

* kube-scheduler: restores default leader election behavior. leader-elect command line parameter should "true" ([#60524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60524), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* Updated priority of mirror pod according to PriorityClassName. ([#58485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58485), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))

* kube-scheduler: restores default leader election behavior. Setting the `--leader-elect`  command line parameter to `true` ([#60524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60524), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Client-go: Optimized leaders renewing leases by updating leader lock optimistically without getting the record from the API server first. Also, a new metric `leader_election_slowpath_total` was added to allow users to monitor how many leader elections are updated non-optimistically.

   *
   * <p>Entries in the map can be in the following states:
   *
   * <p>Valid: - Live: valid key/value are set
   *
   * <p>Invalid: - Collected: key/value was partially collected, but not yet cleaned up
   */
  interface InternalEntry<K, V, E extends InternalEntry<K, V, E>> {
    /** Gets the next entry in the chain. */
    E getNext();

    /** Gets the entry's hash. */
    int getHash();

## Changelog since v1.35.2

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Kubeadm: do not add learner member to etcd client endpoints ([#137257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/137257), [@ahrtr](https://github.com/ahrtr)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

     * need to be cleaned up internally.
     */
    final @Nullable ReferenceQueue<K> keyReferenceQueue;

    /**
     * The value reference queue contains value references whose values have been garbage collected,
     * and which need to be cleaned up internally.
     */
    final @Nullable ReferenceQueue<V> valueReferenceQueue;

    /**

- Added Coordinated Leader Election as Alpha under the `CoordinatedLeaderElection` feature gate. With the feature enabled, the control plane can use LeaseCandidate objects (coordination.k8s.io/v1alpha1 API group) to participate in a leader election and let the kube-apiserver select the best instance according to some strategy. ([#124012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124012),...

- Fix the regression with the slow pods termination. Before this fix pods may take an additional time to terminate - up to one minute. Reversing the change that ensured that CNI resources cleaned up when the pod is removed on API server. ([#97980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97980), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

* Fix metrics API group name in audit configuration ([#53493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53493), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))