- *apiserver_cache_list_fetched_objects_total*: Counter of objects read from watch cache in the course of serving a LIST request, broken down by resource_prefix and index_name
  - *apiserver_cache_list_evaluated_objects_total*: Counter of objects tested in the course of serving a LIST request from watch cache, broken down by resource_prefix

- Fix: set "host is down" as corrupted mount ([#101398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101398), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

  
  Also, compute the backoff delay more accurately for deleted pods. ([#119466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119466), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Apps]

- Fix a number of race conditions in the kubelet when pods are starting up or shutting down that might cause pods to take a long time to shut down. ([#102344](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102344), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG Apps, Node, Storage and Testing]

- Fixed incorrect calculation for ResourceQuota with PriorityClass as its scope. ([#117677](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117677), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG API Machinery]

  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

   ([#103523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103523), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
- `MaxUnavailable` for `StatefulSets`, allows faster `RollingUpdate` by taking down more than 1 pod at a time.
  The number of pods you want to take down during a `RollingUpdate` is configurable using `maxUnavailable` parameter.
   ([#109251](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109251), [@krmayankk](https://github.com/krmayankk))

  // Value must be non-negative integer. The value zero indicates stop immediately via
  // the kill signal (no opportunity to shut down).
  // If this value is nil, the default grace period will be used instead.
  // The grace period is the duration in seconds after the processes running in the pod are sent

- MaxUnavailable for StatefulSets, allows faster RollingUpdate by taking down more than 1 pod at a time. The number of pods you want to take down during a RollingUpdate is configurable using maxUnavailable parameter. ([#82162](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82162), [@krmayankk](https://github.com/krmayankk))

- Scheduler: in 1.29 pre-releases, enabling contextual logging slowed down pod scheduling. ([#121715](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121715), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]