- Fixes a kubelet and kube-apiserver memory leak in default 1.29 configurations related to tracing. ([#126985](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126985), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]
- Fixes a regression introduced in 1.29 where conntrack entries for UDP connections

import java.util.zip.Checksum;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static methods to obtain {@link HashFunction} instances, and other static hashing-related
 * utilities.
 *
 * <p>A comparison of the various hash functions can be found <a
 * href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_q2EVcxA2HjcrlVMbaqXwMj31h9M5-Bqj_m8vITOwwk/">here</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion

/**
 * Helper class for system-level operations and utilities.
 * This class provides methods for managing system properties, handling JSP files,
 * normalizing configurations, and other system-related tasks.
 */
public class SystemHelper {

    /**
     * Constructs a new system helper.
     */
    public SystemHelper() {
        // do nothing
    }

* Fix issues related to the eviction manager.

* Fix inconsistent Prometheus cAdvisor metrics.

* Fix issues related to the local storage allocatable feature.

### Auth

* [GA] The RBAC API group has been promoted from v1beta1 to v1. No API changes were introduced.

* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))
* Disable proxy to loopback and linklocal ([#71980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71980), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))

     * comment: Online help key for related query.
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getOnlineHelpNameRelatedquery();

    /**
     * Get the value for the key 'online.help.name.relatedcontent'. <br>
     * The value is, e.g. relatedcontent <br>
     * comment: Online help key for related content.

  - [beta] Cluster policy to control access and defaults of security related features ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/pod-security-policy/)) ([kubernetes/features#5](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/5))

  It will affect some metrics values related to the InterPodAffinity Score plugin. ([#117794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117794), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling]
- The scheduler skips the `PodTopologySpread` Filter plugin if no spread constraints.

    Set<List<Integer>> degenerate = cartesianProduct();
    checkHashCode(degenerate);

    checkHashCode(cartesianProduct(set(1, 2)));

    int num = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 3 * 2; // tickle overflow-related problems
    checkHashCode(cartesianProduct(set(1, 2, num)));

    Set<Integer> mt = emptySet();
    checkHashCode(cartesianProduct(mt, mt));
    checkHashCode(cartesianProduct(mt, set(num)));

- Disable reading of disk geometry before calling expansion for ext and xfs filesystems ([#131636](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131636), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Storage]
- Fixed a panic issue related to kubectl revision history kubernetes/kubectl#1724 ([#131496](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131496), [@tahacodes](https://github.com/tahacodes)) [SIG CLI]