* Protobuf serialization does not distinguish between `[]` and `null`.
API fields previously capable of storing and returning either `[]` and `null` via JSON API requests (for example, the Endpoints `subsets` field)

### Bug or Regression

- Added a `--topology-manager-policy-options` flag to the kubelet to support fine tuning the topology manager policies. The first policy option, `prefer-closest-numa-nodes`, allows these policies to favor sets of NUMA nodes with shorter distance between nodes when making admission decisions. ([#112914](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112914), [@PiotrProkop](https://github.com/PiotrProkop))

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		if buf.Cap() > writeBufferSize*8 {
			// Reset buffer if it gets too big, so we don't keep it around.
			buf = bytes.Buffer{}
		}
		buf.Reset()
		return true
	}

	// Merge buffer to keep between calls
	merged := make([]byte, 0, writeBufferSize)
	for {
		var toSend []byte
		select {
		case <-ctx.Done():
			return
		case <-ping.C:
			if c.State() != StateConnected {
				continue

				ReplicationDeleteMarker: dmVersionID != "",
				ReplicationMTime:        srcObjInfo.ModTime,
				ReplicationStatus:       minio.ReplicationStatusReplica,
				ReplicationRequest:      true, // always set this to distinguish between `mc mirror` replication and serverside
			},
		})
	}

	if retry && !s3Type { // when we are retrying avoid copying if necessary.
		gopts := minio.GetObjectOptions{}

        void recordAttempt() {
            Instant now = Instant.now();

            // Reset window if more than 1 minute has passed
            if (Duration.between(windowStart, now).toMinutes() >= 1) {
                recentAttempts.set(0);
                windowStart = now;
            }

            recentAttempts.incrementAndGet();
            lastAttempt = now;

  public static CharMatcher whitespace() {
    return Whitespace.INSTANCE;
  }

  /**
   * Determines whether a character is a breaking whitespace (that is, a whitespace which can be
   * interpreted as a break between words for formatting purposes). See {@link #whitespace()} for a
   * discussion of that term.
   *
   * @since 19.0 (since 2.0 as constant {@code BREAKING_WHITESPACE})
   */

        Instant buildEndTime = MonotonicClock.now();
        buildContext.getResult().addException(t);
        buildContext
                .getResult()
                .addBuildSummary(new BuildFailure(mavenProject, Duration.between(buildStartTime, buildEndTime), t));

        // notify listeners about "soft" project build failures only
        if (t instanceof Exception exception && !(t instanceof RuntimeException)) {

## Changelog since v1.15.10

## Changes by Kind

### Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)

- Add delays between goroutines for vm instance update ([#88094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88094), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]