Fixed skip `not found` nodes when reconciling LB backend address pools ([#105188](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105188), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))
- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver. ([#104528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104528), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin))

- Fixed a bug where hard evictions due to resource pressure allowed pods
  to use the full termination grace period instead of shutting down instantly. 
  This bug also affected force deleted pods. Both cases now receive a termination grace period of 1 second. ([#124063](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124063), [@olyazavr](https://github.com/olyazavr))

- When deleting objects using kubectl with the --force flag, you are no longer required to also specify --grace-period=0. ([#87776](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87776), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley)) [SIG CLI]

*   Termination grace period for the calico/node add-on DaemonSet has been eliminated, reducing downtime during a rolling upgrade or deletion. ([#55015](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55015),[ @fasaxc](https://github.com/fasaxc))

  fix: ensure InstanceShutdownByProviderID return false for creating Azure VMs ([#104446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104446), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver. ([#104529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104529), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin)) [SIG Node]

- The default value for node-monitor-grace-period has been increased to 50s (earlier 40s) (Ref - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121793) ([#126287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126287), [@devppratik](https://github.com/devppratik)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and...

* Add error message when trying to use clusterrole with namespace in kubectl ([#36424](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36424), [@xilabao](https://github.com/xilabao))

- kube-apiserver: shortening the grace period during a pod deletion no longer moves the `metadata.deletionTimestamp` into the past ([#122646](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122646), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Pods that are marked for deletion and have exceeded their grace period, but are not yet deleted, no longer count toward the resource quota.([#46542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46542))


#### Dynamic Admission Control

- Deprecated the following kubectl run flags, which are ignored if set: `--cascade`, `--filename`, `--force`, `--grace-period`, `--kustomize`, `--recursive`, `--timeout`, `--wait`. ([#112261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112261), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))