* Fixes issue with cleaning up stale NFS subpath mounts ([#71804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71804), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

* fix smb remount issue on Windows ([#73661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73661), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* remove stale OutOfDisk condition from kubelet side ([#72507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72507), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

  fix: ensure InstanceShutdownByProviderID return false for creating Azure VMs ([#104448](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104448), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Kube-proxy: delete stale conntrack UDP entries for loadbalancer ingress IP. ([#104152](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104152), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network]

        V value = getLiveValue(entry);
        if (value != null) {
          nextExternal = new WriteThroughEntry(key, value);
          return true;
        } else {
          // Skip stale entry.
          return false;
        }
      } finally {
        currentSegment.postReadCleanup();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {

    * unlock to run at that function's completion, following the normal
    * golang lock/deferred-unlock pattern.
* Avoid creating new controller revisions for statefulsets when cache is stale ([#67039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67039), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))

* change azure disk host cache to ReadOnly by default ([#72229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72229), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixes issue with cleaning up stale NFS subpath mounts ([#71804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71804), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

- Fixes a rare race condition handling requests that timeout ([#107460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107460), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Mount-utils: Detect potential stale file handle ([#107040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107040), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Storage]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- kube-proxy now reconciles Service/Endpoint changes with conntrack table and cleans up only stale UDP flow entries ([#127318](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127318), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- Fixed a bug in client-go where new clients with customized `Dial`, `Proxy`, `GetCert` config may get stale HTTP transports. ([#95427](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95427), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG API Machinery]

		if dobj.TargetArn != "" && dobj.TargetArn != tgtEntry.Arn {
			continue
		}
		tgtClnt := globalBucketTargetSys.GetRemoteTargetClient(bucket, tgtEntry.Arn)
		if tgtClnt == nil {
			// Skip stale targets if any and log them to be missing at least once.
			replLogOnceIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("failed to get target for bucket:%s arn:%s", bucket, tgtEntry.Arn), tgtEntry.Arn)
			sendEvent(eventArgs{