- Promoted feature-gate `VolumeAttributesClass` to GA
  - Promoted API `VolumeAttributesClass` and `VolumeAttributesClassList` to `storage.k8s.io/v1`. ([#131549](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131549), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI, Etcd, Storage and Testing]

- Fixed a bug in kube-proxy nftables mode (GA as of 1.33) that fails to determine if traffic originates from a local source on the node. The issue was caused by using the wrong meta `iif` instead of `iifname` for name based matches. ([#134099](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134099), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman)) [SIG Network]

- Promoted feature-gate `LegacyServiceAccountTokenCleanUp` to GA and locked it to default. ([#122635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122635), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed GA featuregate about `ExperimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaultingGate` in `1.30`. ([#122088](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122088), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))

    - [IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Networking graduates to GA](#ipv4ipv6-dual-stack-networking-graduates-to-ga)
    - [HorizontalPodAutoscaler v2 graduates to GA](#horizontalpodautoscaler-v2-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Generic Ephemeral Volume feature graduates to GA](#generic-ephemeral-volume-feature-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Skip Volume Ownership change graduates to GA](#skip-volume-ownership-change-graduates-to-ga)

- The `EndpointSlice` API is now GA. The `EndpointSlice` topology field has been removed from the GA API and will be replaced by a new per Endpoint Zone field. If the topology field was previously used, it will be converted into an annotation in the v1 Resource. The `discovery.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API is removed. ([#996...

## Notable Features
### Stable
- Graduate ScheduleDaemonSetPods to GA. (feature gate will be removed in 1.18) ([#82795](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82795), [@draveness](https://github.com/draveness))

    - [Kubernetes release cadence change](#kubernetes-release-cadence-change)
    - [External credential providers](#external-credential-providers)
    - [Server-side Apply graduates to GA](#server-side-apply-graduates-to-ga)
    - [Container Storage Interface graduations](#container-storage-interface-graduations)
    - [SIG Windows development tools](#sig-windows-development-tools)

- Moved the CPU Manager static policy option `strict-cpu-reservation` to the GA version. ([#134388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134388), [@psasnal](https://github.com/psasnal))
- Promoted the Topology Manager policy option `max-allowable-numa-nodes` to GA version. ([#134614](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134614), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani))

### Promoted CSI Ephemeral Volume to Stable

- Graduate `ServiceIPStaticSubrange` feature to GA. ([#112163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112163), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))
- Graduated Kubelet CPU Manager to GA. ([#113018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113018), [@fromanirh](https://github.com/fromanirh))