- DRA: The scheduler plugin prevented abnormal filter runtimes by timing out after 10 seconds. This was configurable via the plugin configuration's `FilterTimeout`. Setting it to zero disabled the timeout and restored the behavior of Kubernetes <= 1.33. ([#132033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132033), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- `VolumeBindingArgs` now allow `BindTimeoutSeconds` to be set as zero, while the value zero indicates no waiting for the checking of volume binding operation. ([#99835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99835), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave)) [SIG Scheduling and Storage]

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- Allows PreStop lifecycle handler's sleep action to have a zero value ([#127094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127094), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG Apps, Node and Testing]

- `PodLifecycleSleepAction` is now turned on by default allowing users to create containers with sleep lifecycle action with a duration of zero seconds ([#130621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130621), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG Node]

 ([#64792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64792), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

- In the PriorityLevelConfiguration object, the `nominalConcurrencyShares` field now accepts a zero value in both the `flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1` and `flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1beta3` APIs.
   ([#123001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123001), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem))

* When HPAScaleToZero feature gate is enabled HPA supports scaling to zero pods based on object or external metrics. HPA remains active as long as at least one metric value available. ([#74526](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74526), [@DXist](https://github.com/DXist))
    * To downgrade the cluster to version that does not support scale-to-zero feature:

`apiserver_kube_aggregator_x509_missing_san_total` and `apiserver_webhooks_x509_missing_san_total`. This metric measures a number of connections to webhooks/aggregated API servers that use certificates without Subject Alternative Names. It being non-zero is a warning sign that these connections will stop functioning in the future since Golang is going to deprecate x509 certificate subject Common Names for server hostname verification. ([#95396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95396),...

- Fixed CEL estimated cost of `replace()` to handle a zero length replacement string correctly.