* 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...

  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.
  

* 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...

- Fixed a regression preventing garbage collection of RBAC role and binding objects ([#90534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90534), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG Auth]

- Clear pod binding cache on bind error to make sure stale pod binding cache will not be used. ([#71212](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71212), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- `kube-apiserver` added:

  - [Changelog since v1.33.3](#changelog-since-v1333)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2025-5187: Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference](#cve-2025-5187-nodes-can-delete-themselves-by-adding-an-ownerreference)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [API Change](#api-change)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)

  - [Changelog since v1.32.7](#changelog-since-v1327)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2025-5187: Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference](#cve-2025-5187-nodes-can-delete-themselves-by-adding-an-ownerreference)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)

	* Mechanism of adding `federation domain maps` to kube-dns deployment via `--federations` flag is superseded by adding/updating `federations` key in `kube-system/kube-dns` configmap. If user is using kubefed tool to join cluster federation, adding federation domain maps to kube-dns is already taken care by `kubefed join` and does not need further action.

* Add the support to the scheduler for spreading pods of StatefulSets. ([#41708](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41708), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))
* Added support to minimize sending verbose node information to scheduler extender by sending only node names and expecting extenders to cache the rest of the node information ([#41119](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41119), [@sarat-k](https://github.com/sarat-k))