- The sidecars' finish time will now be accounted for when calculating the job's finish time. ([#124942](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124942), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan)) [SIG Apps]
- This PR added tracing support to the kubelet's read-only endpoint, which currently

*   StatefulSet status now supports conditions, making it consistent with other core controllers in v1 ([#55268](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55268),[ @foxish](https://github.com/foxish))

- A TTL mechanism has been added to clean up Jobs after they finish. ([#66840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66840), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo)) Courtesy of SIG API Machinery, SIG Apps, SIG Architecture, and SIG Testing

- Kubelet: fix recording issue when pulling image did finish ([#114904](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114904), [@TommyStarK](https://github.com/TommyStarK)) [SIG Node]

- Scheduler now waits for handlers to finish syncing before the scheduling cycles start. ([#116729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116729), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

* Fix issue with PodDisruptionBudgets in which `minAvailable` specified as a percentage did not work with StatefulSet Pods. ([#39454](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39454), [@foxish](https://github.com/foxish))

- Fix JobTrackingWithFinalizers that:
  - was declaring a job finished before counting all the created pods in the status
  - was leaving pods with finalizers, blocking pod and job deletions
  

- Fixed incorrect behavior of preemptor pod when preemption of the victim takes long to complete. The preemptor pod should not be circling in scheduling cycles until preemption is finished. ([#134294](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134294), [@ania-borowiec](https://github.com/ania-borowiec)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Only declare Job as finished after removing all Pod finalizers to avoid orphan Pods ([#119164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119164), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

- Fixed a bug in the Job controller that could result in creating unnecessary Pods for Jobs already marked as finished (either successful or failed). ([#130333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130333), [@kmala](https://github.com/kmala)) [SIG Apps and Testing]