* When Response is a `metav1.Status`, it is no longer copied into the audit.Event status. Only the "status", "reason" and "code" fields are set.  For example, when we run `kubectl get pods abc`, the API Server returns a status object:
```{"kind":"Status","apiVersion":"v1","metadata":{},"status":"Failure","message":"pods \"abc\" not found","reason":"NotFound","details":{"name":"abc","kind":"pods"},"code":404}```

- Update klog v2.9.0. ([#102332](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102332), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))
- Updated the Graceful Node Shutdown Pod termination reason and message.
  Updated the Graceful Node Shutdown Pod rejection reason and message. ([#102840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102840), [@Kissy](https://github.com/Kissy))

- Graduated the Job `successPolicy` field to beta.
  
  The new reason label, "SuccessPolicy" and "CompletionsReached" are added to the "jobs_finished_total" metric.
  Additionally, if you enable the `JobSuccessPolicy` feature gate, the Job gets "CompletionsReached" reason for the "SuccessCriteriaMet" and "Complete" condition type

    * sync time.
 
    * The goal is for administrators to be able to alert on proxies that, for
    * whatever reason, are quite stale.
* Fix a string comparison bug in IPVS graceful termination where UDP real servers are not deleted. ([#78999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78999), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

SelfSubjectRulesReview, an API that lets a user see what actions they can perform with a namespace, has been added to the authorization.k8s.io API group. This bulk query is intended to enable UIs to show/hide actions based on the end user, and for users to quickly reason about their own permissions.

* [alpha] Building on the 1.7 work to allow encryption of resources such as secrets, a mechanism to store resource encryption keys in external Key Management Systems (KMS) was introduced. This complements...

- Added fields `reason` and `fieldPath` into CRD validation rules to allow users to specify reason and field path when validation failed. ([#118041](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118041), [@cici37](https://github.com/cici37)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Feature

- 'Added selector validation to `HorizontalPodAutoscaler`: when multiple HPAs
  select the same set of Pods, scaling now will be disabled for those HPAs with
  the reason `AmbiguousSelector`. This change also covers a case when multiple HPAs
  point to the same deployment.'
   ([#112011](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112011), [@pbeschetnov](https://github.com/pbeschetnov))

  ```sh
  $ kubectl get event
  LAST SEEN   TYPE     REASON              OBJECT                        MESSAGE
  <unknown>   Normal   Scheduled           pod/nginx-6c975b59f8-gvmjr    Successfully assigned default/nginx-6c975b59f8-gvmjr to minikube
  
  $ kubectl describe pod xxx
  ......
  Events:
    Type    Reason     Age        From               Message

- Add "reason" field to image_garbage_collected_total metric, so admins can differentiate images that were collected for reason "age" vs "space" ([#123345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123345), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander)) [SIG Node]

- Introduction of the `DisruptionTarget` pod condition type. Its `reason` field indicates the reason for pod termination:
  - PreemptionByKubeScheduler (Pod preempted by kube-scheduler)
  - DeletionByTaintManager (Pod deleted by taint manager due to NoExecute taint)