* `kubectl delete node/<nodeName>`
    * or grant self-deletion permission explicitly:
        * `kubectl create clusterrole self-deleting-nodes --verb=delete --resource=nodes`
        * `kubectl create clusterrolebinding self-deleting-nodes --clusterrole=self-deleting-nodes --group=system:nodes`

*   Problems deleting local static pods have been resolved. ([#48339](https://github.com/kubern...

* GCE: Fix issue deleting internal load balancers when the firewall resource may not exist. ([#53450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53450), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Kube-controller-manager: Removed flags  `deleting-pods-qps`, `deleting-pods-burst`, and `register-retry-count`. ([#109612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109612), [@pandaamanda](https://github.com/pandaamanda))

* Fixed potential deadlock when deleting CustomResourceDefinition for custom resources with finalizers. ([#60542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60542), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fix detach disk issue on deleting vmss node. ([#104572](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104572), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* fix azure disk mounter issue ([#52260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52260), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* GCE: Fix issue deleting internal load balancers when the firewall resource may not exist. ([#53450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53450), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

  - Don't update capacity if VMSS provisioning state is updating
  - Support allocatable resources overrides via VMSS tags
  - Add missing stable labels in template nodes
  - Proactively set instance status to deleting on node deletions
  
  ### Cluster API
  - Migrate interaction with the API from using internal types to using Unstructured
  - Improve tests to work better with constrained resources

- Fixed OpenAPI v3 not being cleaned up after deleting `APIServices`. ([#120108](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120108), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn))

- The `controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost` annotation can be set to offer a hint on the cost of deleting a `Pod` compared to other pods belonging to the same ReplicaSet. Pods with lower deletion cost are deleted first. This is an alpha feature. ([#99163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99163), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))