*   The "ServiceNodeExclusion" feature gate must now be enabled for the `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer` annotation on nodes to be honored. ([#54644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54644),[ @brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.

- Added `.spec.completionMode` field to Job, with accepted values `NonIndexed` (default) and `Indexed`. This is an alpha field and is only honored by servers with the `IndexedJob` feature gate enabled. ([#98441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98441), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and CLI]

- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in scheduler. ([#105915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105915), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in the scheduler. ([#105712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105712), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Disable watchcache for events ([#96052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96052), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96092), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Support more than 100 disk mounts on Windows (#105673, @andyzhangx) [SIG Storage and Windows]
- The --leader-elect* CLI args are now honored correctly in scheduler. (#106130, @Huang-Wei) [SIG Scheduling]
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives
  the correct number of rules, rather than being off by one.
  

- Kube-apiserver: timeouts configured for authorization webhooks in the --authorization-config file are now honored, and webhook timeouts are accurately reflected in webhook metrics with result=timeout ([#125552](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125552), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Testing]

- Disable watchcache for events ([#96052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96052), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96140), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Fixes a bug where dry-run is not honored for pod/eviction sub-resource. ([#76969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76969), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

* fix incorrect prometheus azure metrics ([#77722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77722), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixes a bug where dry-run is not honored for pod/eviction sub-resource. ([#76969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76969), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

- Fixed a regression in kubectl version `1.29.0` where the `--attach` flag was not honored.
   ([#122447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122447), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))