- `maxThreshold` of `ImageLocality` plugin is now scaled by the number of images in the pod, which helps to distinguish the node priorities for pod with several images. ([#91138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91138), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Fix potential panic when getting azure load balancer status ([#68609](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68609), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* [fluentd-gcp-scaler addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to 0.4 to pick up security fixes. ([#67691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67691), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

  without risking breaking old clients, such as controllers.

- `kubectl delete` no longer scales down workload API objects before deletion.
  Users who depend on ordered termination for the Pods of their StatefulSets
  must use `kubectl scale` to scale down the StatefulSet before deletion.

- `kubectl run --env` no longer supports CSV parsing. To provide multiple environment

* [GCE] Enable by default audit logging truncating backend. ([#68342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68342), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))
* [fluentd-gcp-scaler addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to 0.4 to pick up security fixes. ([#67691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67691), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

   *
   * @param scale the scale for the quantiles to be calculated, i.e. the q of the q-quantiles, which
   *     must be positive
   */
  public static Scale scale(int scale) {
    return new Scale(scale);
  }

  /**
   * Describes the point in a fluent API chain where only the scale (i.e. the q in q-quantiles) has
   * been specified.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  public static final class Scale {

                calledFirst.set(true);
                assertFalse(called.get());
                QueryBuilder builder = chain.execute(context, query, boost);
                assertTrue(called.get());
                return builder;
            }
        });
        queryBuilder = queryProcessor.execute(context, query, 1.0f);
        assertTrue(called.get());
        assertTrue(calledFirst.get());

- Fixed a 1.25.12 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121187](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121187), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

     * @param encoding the encoding
     * @return this CurlRequest instance
     * @throws CurlException if the method is called after the param method
     */
    public CurlRequest encoding(final String encoding) {
        if (paramList != null) {
            throw new CurlException("This method must be called before param method.");
        }
        this.encoding = encoding;
        return this;
    }

    /**

      assertEquals(method, calledMethod);
      assertEquals(method + " invoked more than once.", 0, called.get());
      for (int i = 0; i < passedArgs.length; i++) {
        assertEquals(
            "Parameter #" + i + " of " + method + " not forwarded", passedArgs[i], args[i]);
      }
      called.getAndIncrement();
      return returnValue;
    }

    }

    public void modifiedToSpecified() {
        if (__modifiedProperties.isEmpty()) {
            return; // basically no way when called in Framework (because called when SpecifyColumn exists)
        }
        __specifiedProperties = newModifiedProperties();
        __specifiedProperties.accept(__modifiedProperties);
    }