- CoreDNS correctly implements DNS spec for Services with externalNames that look like IP addresses. Kube-dns does not follow the spec for the same case, resulting in a behavior change when moving from Kube-dns to CoreDNS. See: [coredns/coredns#2324](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/issues/2324)

- [`KTIJ-25910`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-25910) Scripts: transition to GistStorage
- [`KTIJ-26778`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-26778) Gradle 8.3: some parts of build.gradle.kts look unresolved
- [`KTIJ-26308`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-26308) IAE “Unable to find script compilation configuration for the script KtFile: build.gradle.kts” on reopening project with build.gradle.kts

## External Dependencies

  - `http_404_request_total` (the number of 404 requests handled)
  - `http_404_request_duration_ms` (the amount of time the server took to respond in ms)

  Also includes percentile groupings. The directory for the default 404 handler includes instructions on how to enable prometheus for monitoring and setting alerts.

This release also contains a number of bug fixes to the feature set. Aspiring plugin authors can look at [sample-exec-plugin](https://github.com/ankeesler/sample-exec-plugin) as a way to get started.

- Updated the error message to not use the `--max-resource-write-bytes` & `--json-patch-max-copy-bytes` string. ([#106875](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106875), [@warmchang](https://github.com/warmchang))
- Users who look at iptables dumps will see some changes in the naming and structure of rules. ([#109060](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109060), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

  * You can remove the "old" taints (stored internally as annotations) at any time after the upgrade by doing `kubectl annotate nodes <node name> sch...

  // container crashes or exits. The Pod's termination grace period countdown begins before the
  // PreStop hook is executed. Regardless of the outcome of the handler, the
  // container will eventually terminate within the Pod's termination grace
  // period (unless delayed by finalizers). Other management of the container blocks until the hook completes
  // or until the termination grace period is reached.

* 🔧 Add `CITATION.cff` file for academic citations. PR [#10496](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/10496) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
* 🐛 Fix overriding MKDocs theme lang in hook. PR [#10490](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/10490) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

- A new histogram metric to track the time it took to delete a job by the `TTLAfterFinished` controller ([#98676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98676), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))