- Removed all support for _classic_ dynamic resource allocation (DRA). The `DRAControlPlaneController` feature gate, formerly alpha, is no longer available. Kubernetes now only uses the _structured parameters_ model (also alpha) for allocating dynamic resources to Pods.

*   Termination grace period for the calico/node add-on DaemonSet has been...

- The `system-node-critical` and `system-cluster-critical` priority classes are now limited to the `kube-system` namespace by the `PodPriority` admission plugin (matching changes in 1.11.1+). ([#65593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65593), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat)) Courtesy of SIG Scheduling...

* kube-apiserver: fixes error creating system priority classes when starting multiple apiservers simultaneously ([#67372](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67372), [@tanshanshan](https://github.com/tanshanshan))

- Introduced support for using an implicit extended resource name derived from the device class (`deviceclass.resource.kubernetes.io/<device-class-name>`) to request DRA devices matching that class. ([#133363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133363), [@yliaog](https://github.com/yliaog)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- The topology manager aligns resources for pods of all QoS classes with respect to NUMA locality, not just Guaranteed QoS pods. ([#83492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83492), [@ConnorDoyle](https://github.com/ConnorDoyle))

* Disallow PriorityClass names with 'system-' prefix for user defined priority classes. ([#59382](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59382), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

    * "volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class" does not have any special meaning. A default storage class
    * and  DefaultStorageClass admission plugin can be used to preserve similar behavior of Kubernetes cluster,
    * see https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/#class-1 for details.

### Bug or Regression

- Fix a scheduler preemption issue where the victim pod was not deleted due to incorrect status patching. This issue occurred when the preemptor and victim pods had different QoS classes in their status, causing the preemption to fail entirely. ([#126693](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126693), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

### Bug or Regression

- Fix a scheduler preemption issue where the victim pod was not deleted due to incorrect status patching. This issue occurred when the preemptor and victim pods had different QoS classes in their status, causing the preemption to fail entirely. ([#126694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126694), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]