- In the `wait.PollUntilContextTimeout` function, if `immediate` is true, the condition will now be invoked before waiting, guaranteeing that the condition is invoked at least once and then wait a interval before executing again. ([#119762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119762), [@AxeZhan](ht...

- Enabled use of pods with volumes and user namespaces. The feature gate was renamed from `UserNamespacesStatelessPodsSupport`...

   ([#120111](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120111), [@newtondev](https://github.com/newtondev))
- When using a claim with immediate allocation and a pod referencing that claim couldn't get scheduled, the scheduler incorrectly may have tried to deallocate that claim. ([#122415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122415), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

- Updates that remove remaining `metadata.finalizers` from  an object that is pending deletion (non-nil metadata.deletionTimestamp) and has no graceful deletion pending (nil or 0 metadata.deletionGracePeriodSeconds) now results in immediate deletion of the object. ([#77952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77952), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Sped up kubelet start time by executing an immediate runtime and node status update when the Kubelet sees that it has a CIDR. ([#67031](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67031), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

## Changelog since v1.18.8

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- "unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims" causes UnschedulableAndUnresolvable status rather than an Error in the scheduler. ([#93892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93892), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

  This behavior is limited to Jobs with `.spec.podFailurePolicy` set, and only when those two feature
  gates are both enabled.
  If either of these requirements is not satisfied, the Job controller counts a terminating Pod as an immediate
  failure, even if that Pod later terminates with `phase: "Succeeded"`. ([#113860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113860), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps]

## Dependencies