- Kubeadm: warn but do not error out on missing "ca.key" files for root CA, front-proxy CA and etcd CA, during "kubeadm join --control-plane" if the user has provided all certificates, keys and kubeconfig files which require signing with the given CA keys. ([#94988](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94988), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Kubeadm: fixed a bug where the node registration information for a given node was not fetched correctly during "kubeadm upgrade node" and the node name can end up being incorrect in cases where the node name is not the same as the host name. ([#134363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134363), [@neolit123]...

* PodSecurityPolicy: when multiple policies allow a submitted pod, priority is given to ones which do not require any fields in the pod spec to be defaulted. If the pod must be defaulted, the first policy (ordered by name) that allows the pod is used. ([#52849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52849), [@liggitt](https...

- Kubeadm: fixed a bug where the node registration information for a given node was not fetched correctly during "kubeadm upgrade node" and the node name can end up being incorrect in cases where the node name is not the same as the host name. ([#134364](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134364), [@neolit123]...

- Kubeadm: perform additional dockershim cleanup. Treat all container runtimes as remote by using the flag "--container-runtime=remote", given dockershim was removed in 1.24 and given kubeadm 1.25 supports a kubelet version of 1.24 and 1.25. The flag "--network-plugin" will no longer be used for new clusters. Stop cleaning up the following dockershim related directories on "kubeadm reset": "/var/lib/dockershim",...

NodeRestriction admission controller where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection. By default, node users are authorized for create and patch requests but not delete requests against their node object. Since the NodeRestriction admission controller does not prevent patching OwnerReferences,...

- Kubeadm: warn but do not error out on missing "ca.key" files for root CA, front-proxy CA and etcd CA, during "kubeadm join --control-plane" if the user has provided all certificates, keys and kubeconfig files which require signing with the given CA keys. ([#94988](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94988), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* PodDisruptionBudget now uses ControllerRef to decide which controller owns a given Pod, so it doesn't get confused by controllers with overlapping selectors. ([#45003](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45003), [@krmayankk](https://github.com/krmayankk))

*   If multiple PodSecurityPolicy objects allow a submitted pod, priority is given to policies that do not require default values for any fields in the pod spec. If default values are required, the first policy ordered by name that allows the pod is used. ([#52849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52849),[ @liggitt]...

        * At Request audit level or higher, an annotation with key "patch.webhook.admission.k8s.io/round_{round idx}_index_{order idx}" get logged with the JSON payload logging the patch sent by a webhook for given request.