- Added deleting pods created by `DaemonSet` assigned to not existing nodes. ([#73401](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73401), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))
- Pod eviction now honors graceful deletion by default if no delete options are provided in the eviction request. ([#72730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72730), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Auth

#### **Kubectl**

*   `kubectl cp` can now copy a remote file into a local directory. ([#46762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46762),[ @bruceauyeung](https://github.com/bruceauyeung))
*   `kubectl cp` now honors destination names for directories. A complete directory is now copied; in previous versions only the file contents were copied. ([#51215](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51215),[ @juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))

- The `kube-Proxy` now correctly filters out unready endpoints for Services with Topology. ([#106507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106507), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott))
- The `pods/binding` subresource now honors `metadata.uid` and `metadata.resourceVersion` ([#105913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105913), [@aholic](https://github.com/aholic))
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives

### Other notable changes

* Restores --username and --password flags to kubectl ([#75451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75451), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Applies zone labels to vSphere Volumes and honors allowedTopologies when provisioning. ([#74654](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74654), [@subramanian-neelakantan](https://github.com/subramanian-neelakantan))

* Azure file persistent volumes can use a new `secretNamespace` field to reference a secret in a different namespace than the one containing their bound persistent volume claim. The azure file persistent volume provisioner honors a corresponding `secretNamespace` storage class parameter to determine where to place secrets containing the storage account key. ([#47660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47660), [@rootfs](https://github.com/rootfs))

- Fixes a 1.31 regression with API emulation versioning honors cohabitating resources ([#127328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127328), [@xuzhenglun](https://github.com/xuzhenglun)) [SIG API Machinery]