- [SIG CLI introduces kubectl debug](#sig-cli-introduces-kubectl-debug)
    - [Introducing Windows CSI support alpha for Kubernetes](#introducing-windows-csi-support-alpha-for-kubernetes)
    - [Other notable announcements](#other-notable-announcements)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes-1)

    - [Security Improvements for CSI Drivers (Alpha)](#security-improvements-for-csi-drivers-alpha)
    - [Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)](#introducing-graceful-node-shutdown-alpha)
    - [Runtime log sanitation](#runtime-log-sanitation)
    - [Pod resource metrics](#pod-resource-metrics)
    - [Introducing <code>RootCAConfigMap</code>](#introducing-rootcaconfigmap)
    - [<code>kubectl debug</code> graduates to Beta](#kubectl-debug-graduates-to-beta)

- Added support for kube-proxy iptables mode to track packets that were wrongfully marked invalid by conntrack and subsequently dropped by introducing `kubeproxy_iptables_ct_state_invalid_dropped_packets_total` metric. ([#122812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122812), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman)) [SIG Instrumentation, Network and Testing]

- DRA API: resource.k8s.io/v1alpha3 now only contains DeviceTaintRule. All other types got removed because they became obsolete when introducing the v1beta1 API in 1.32.

- Introducing new semantic for metric `volume_operation_total_seconds` to be the end to end latency of volume provisioning/deletion. Existing metric "storage_operation_duration_seconds" will remain untouched, however it is exposed to the following potential issues:...

- Fixed [121094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121094) by re-introducing the readiness predicate for `externalTrafficPolicy: Local` services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

- Introduce `minReadySeconds` api to the `StatefulSets`. ([#100842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100842), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- Introducing new flag --as-user-extra persistent flag in kubectl that can be used to pass extra arguments during the impersonation ([#134378](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134378), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG CLI and Testing]...

### SIG Scheduling

[SIG Scheduling][] is responsible for generic scheduler and scheduling components.

For the 1.8 release, SIG Scheduling extended the concept of cluster sharing by introducing
pod priority and pod preemption. These features allow mixing various types of workloads in a single cluster, and help reach
higher levels of resource utilization and availability.

[SIG Storage](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-storage) is responsible for storage and volume plugin components.