### Bug or Regression

- Fix data race in kube-scheduler when preemption races with a Pod update. ([#116440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116440), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Move private key parsing from serviceaccount/jwt.go to client-go/util/cert ([#40907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40907), [@cblecker](https://github.com/cblecker))
* Caching added to the OIDC client auth plugin to fix races and reduce the time kubectl commands using this plugin take by several seconds. ([#38167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38167), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

- Decoupled `TaintManager` from `NodeLifeCycleController` (KEP-3902). ([#119208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119208), [@atosatto](https://github.com/atosatto))
- Enabled traces for KMSv2 encrypt/decrypt operations. ([#121095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121095), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

        """
        Add a *path operation* using an HTTP TRACE operation.

        ## Example

        ```python
        from fastapi import FastAPI

        app = FastAPI()

        @app.trace("/items/{item_id}")
        def trace_item(item_id: str):
            return None
        ```
        """
        return self.router.trace(
            path,

- Trace output in apiserver logs is more organized and comprehensive. Traces are nested, and for all non-long running request endpoints, the entire filter chain is instrumented (e.g. authentication check is included). ([#88936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88936), [@jpbet...

* Fix a race condition in the scheduler preemption logic that could cause nominatedNodeName of a pod not to be considered in one or more scheduling cycles. ([#72504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72504), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

### Bug or Regression

- `client-go`, using log level 9, traces the following events of a HTTP request:
      - DNS lookup
      - TCP dialing
      - TLS handshake
      - Time to get a connection from the pool

* fluentd-gcp grace termination period increased to 60s. ([#65084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65084), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* Pass cluster_location argument to Heapster ([#65176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65176), [@kawych](https://github.com/kawych))

- Fixes regression in logging spurious stack traces when proxied connections are closed by the backend ([#82588](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82588), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))