- Modified the node-local `podresources` API endpoint to consider only active pods. Since this changes long-standing behavior, the `KubeletPodResourcesListUseActivePods` feature gate (enabled by default) can be disabled to restore the previous behavior. Users encountering regressions are encouraged to file an issue if they rely on the old behavior. ([#132028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132028), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani)) [SIG Node and Testing]

#### New API fields:

static cpu assignment (i.e. Containers with integer CPU `requests` in pods with `Guaranteed` QOS) will not have cfs quota enforced. Because this fix changes a long-established behavior, users observing a regressions can use the `DisableCPUQuotaWithExclusiveCPUs` feature gate (enabled by default) to restore the previous behavior. Please file an issue if you encounter problems and have to use the Feature Gate. ([#127525](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127525), [@scott-grimes](https://g...

where `spec.terminationGracePeriodSeconds` of the pod will always be overwritten by the MaxPodGracePeriodSeconds of the soft eviction, you can enable the `AllowOverwriteTerminationGracePeriodSeconds` feature gate, which will restore the previous behavior.  If you do need to set this, please file an issue with the Kubernetes project to help contributors understand why you needed it. ([#122890](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122890), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG...

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  This is strongly recommended, if you were not previously using
  --nodeport-addresses, to avoid surprising behavior.
  (This behavior is enabled by default with the nftables backend; you would
  need to explicitly request `--nodeport-addresses 0.0.0.0/0,::/0` there to get

* set EnableHTTPSTrafficOnly in azure storage account creation ([#64957](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64957), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Rework Kubelet set `/etc/hosts` behavior to fix conformance testability ([#61613](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61613), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

    * This keeps the behavior consistent with Docker integration, and fixes an issue that some container Prometheus metrics don't work when there are summary stats for multiple instances of the same pod.

    - [CSI Health Monitoring](#csi-health-monitoring)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [<code>TopologyAwareHints</code> feature falls back to default behavior](#topologyawarehints-feature-falls-back-to-default-behavior)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)