- Pkg k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher, method (*Cacher) Wait(context.Context) error ([#125450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125450), [@mauri870](https://github.com/mauri870)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Bug or Regression

  The incorrect loop logic might lead to a plugin being loaded multiple times, consequently preventing any Pod from being scheduled, which is unexpected. ([#122370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122370), [@caohe](https://github.com/caohe)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- New `KUBECACHEDIR` environment variable was introduced to override default discovery cache directory which is `$HOME/.kube/cache`. ([#109479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109479), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

   * default, OkHttp will perform lazy initialization upon the first usage of the cache.
   */
  @Throws(IOException::class)
  fun initialize() {
    cache.initialize()
  }

  /**
   * Closes the cache and deletes all of its stored values. This will delete all files in the cache
   * directory including files that weren't created by the cache.
   */

- To reduce chances of throttling, VM cache is set to nil when Azure node provisioning state is deleting ([#87635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87635), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

  long size();

  /**
   * Returns a current snapshot of this cache's cumulative statistics, or a set of default values if
   * the cache is not recording statistics. All statistics begin at zero and never decrease over the
   * lifetime of the cache.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> this cache may not be recording statistical data. For example, a cache

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,
	}
}

  long size();

  /**
   * Returns a current snapshot of this cache's cumulative statistics, or a set of default values if
   * the cache is not recording statistics. All statistics begin at zero and never decrease over the
   * lifetime of the cache.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> this cache may not be recording statistical data. For example, a cache

)

// 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]

   * loaded entries; it will never contain null keys or values.
   *
   * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will issue a single request to {@link
   * CacheLoader#loadAll} for all keys which are not already present in the cache. All entries
   * returned by {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} will be stored in the cache, over-writing any