### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

    * Add `kubectl apply edit-last-applied` subcommand ([#42256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42256), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

  * Strategic Merge Patch

    * Reference docs now display the patch type and patch merge key used by `kubectl apply` to merge and identify unique elements in arrays.

- Fix: After a Node is down and take some time to get back to up again, the mount point of the evicted Pods cannot be cleaned up successfully. (#111933) Meanwhile Kubelet will print the log `Orphaned pod "xxx" found, but error not a directory occurred when trying to remove the volumes dir` every 2 seconds. (#105536) ([#116134](https://github.com/k...

- Fix kubectl printer to correctly handle timestamps of events emitted using events.k8s.io API ([#94226](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94226), [@ingvagabund](https://github.com/ingvagabund)) [SIG CLI]
  ```sh
  $ kubectl get event

## Changelog since v1.31.7

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fix a bug where kube-apiserver could emit an further watch even even if decryption failed for earlier event and it was not emitted. ([#131160](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131160), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Etcd]

- Updated the HPA controller so that it no longer emitted a `FailedRescale` event if a scale operation initially failed due to a conflict but succeeded after a retry; it now emitted a `SuccessfulRescale` event in this case. A `FailedRescale` event was still emitted if all retries were exhausted. ([#132007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132007), [@AumPatel1](https://github.com/AumPatel1)) [SIG...

- kubeadm: now pulls images when joining a new control plane instance ([#72870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72870), [@MalloZup](https://github.com/MalloZup))
- Exited kube-proxy when configuration file changes ([#59176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59176), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

- DRA: Device taints enable DRA drivers or admins to mark device as unusable, which prevents allocating them. Pods may also get evicted at runtime if a device becomes unusable, depending on the severity of the taint and whether the claim tolerates the taint. ([#130447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130447), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps,...

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- Fix kubectl printer to correctly handle timestamps of events emitted using events.k8s.io API ([#90227](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90227), [@gosoon](https://github.com/gosoon)) [SIG CLI]