* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply...

enabled.([#51436](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51436))

* [Action required] The validation rule for metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name must contain at least three segments, separated by dots. You can create objects with pending initializers and not rely on the API server to add pending initializers according to `initializerConfiguration`. If you do so, update the initializer name in the existing objects and the configuration files to...

- 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))

  phase (Succeeded or Failed, depending on the exit statuses of the pod containers) to pods which
  are deleted while running.
  
  This fixes the issue for jobs using pod failure policy (with JobPodFailurePolicy and PodDisruptionConditions 
  feature gates enabled) that their pods could get stuck in the pending phase when deleted.
  

- Fixed a bug in kube-scheduler where pending pod preemption caused preemptor pods to be retried more frequently. ([#134247](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134247), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Fixed a bug in `kube-scheduler` where pending pod preemption caused preemptor pods to be retried more frequently. ([#134245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134245), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Unlocked the `CSIMigrationvSphere` feature gate. The change allow users to continue using the in-tree vSphere driver,pending a vSphere CSI driver release that has with GA support for Windows, XFS, and raw block access. ([#116396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116396), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42)) [SIG Storage]

* Improve efficiency of preemption logic in clusters with many pending pods. ([#72895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72895), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))



# v1.12.5

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.12.5

- Fixed an issue where pods did not correctly have a pending phase after the node reboot. ([#128516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128516), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node and Testing]

   ([#125923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125923), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- Fixed a bug where the pod(with regular init containers)'s phase was not pending when the regular init container had not finished running after a node restart. ([#126653](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126653), [@zhifei92](https://github.com/zhifei92)) [SIG Node and Testing]