- Introduces new functionality to the client-go's `List` method, allowing users to enable API streaming. To activate this feature, users can set the `client-go.WatchListClient` feature gate.
  

	The v1beta1 API used an annotation on Namespaces to activate the DefaultDeny policy for an entire Namespace. To activate default deny in the v1 API, you can create a NetworkPolicy that matches all Pods but does not allow any traffic:

    ```yaml
    kind: NetworkPolicy
    apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1

- Introduces new alpha functionality to the reflector, allowing user to enable API streaming.
  
  To activate this feature, users can set the `ENABLE_CLIENT_GO_WATCH_LIST_ALPHA` environmental variable.
  It is important to note that the server must support streaming for this feature to function properly.

### Other notable changes

* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))
* Disable proxy to loopback and linklocal ([#71980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71980), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))

* apply: fix detection of non-dry-run enabled servers ([#71854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71854), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))
* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))

- `kube-proxy` will only install the `DROP` rules for invalid `conntrack`...

- Fixes a kube-apiserver log volume regression bug in default 1.27 configurations (introduced in 1.26, activated by the AggregatedDiscoveryEndpoint feature enablement in 1.27) ([#122096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122096), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh)) [SIG API Machinery]

* kubeadm: Create /var/lib/etcd with correct permissions (0700) by default. ([#71885](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71885), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))

- Added the `disable-force-detach` CLI option for `kube-controller-manager`. By default, it's set to `false`. When enabled, it prevents force detaching volumes based on maximum unmount time and node status. If activated, the non-graceful node shutdown feature must be used to recover from node failure. Additionally, if a pod needs to be forcibly terminated at the risk of corruption, the appropriate VolumeAttachment object must be deleted. ([#120344](https://gith...

Pruning is activated by setting `spec.preserveUnknownFields: false` in the CustomResourceDefinition. A future apiextensions.k8s.io/v1 variant of CRDs will enforce pruning.