* Fix a scalability issue where high rates of event writes degraded etcd performance. ([#64539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64539), [@ccding](https://github.com/ccding))
* "kubectl delete" no longer waits for dependent objects to be deleted when removing parent resources ([#65908](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65908), [@juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))

- `kube-apiserver` added:

  - [Changelog since v1.33.3](#changelog-since-v1333)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2025-5187: Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference](#cve-2025-5187-nodes-can-delete-themselves-by-adding-an-ownerreference)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-3)
    - [API Change](#api-change)
    - [Feature](#feature-3)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-3)

  - [Changelog since v1.26.0](#changelog-since-v1260)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [The PreEnqueue extension point doesn't work for Pods going to activeQ through backoffQ](#the-preenqueue-extension-point-doesnt-work-for-pods-going-to-activeq-through-backoffq)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

  
  - `apiserver_authentication_config_controller_last_config_info` metric after successfully loading the authentication configuration file.
  - `apiserver_authorization_config_controller_last_config_info` metric after successfully loading the authorization configuration file.

* Fix a scalability issue where high rates of event writes degraded etcd performance. ([#64539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64539), [@ccding](https://github.com/ccding))
* Properly manage security groups for loadbalancer services on OpenStack. ([#65373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65373), [@multi-io](https://github.com/multi-io))

### Container Images

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures
---- | -------------

  - [Changelog since v1.32.7](#changelog-since-v1327)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2025-5187: Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference](#cve-2025-5187-nodes-can-delete-themselves-by-adding-an-ownerreference)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-3)
    - [Feature](#feature-3)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-3)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-3)

* Fix a scalability issue where high rates of event writes degraded etcd performance. ([#64539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64539), [@ccding](https://github.com/ccding))

	* Mechanism of adding `federation domain maps` to kube-dns deployment via `--federations` flag is superseded by adding/updating `federations` key in `kube-system/kube-dns` configmap. If user is using kubefed tool to join cluster federation, adding federation domain maps to kube-dns is already taken care by `kubefed join` and does not need further action.