- The fallback behavior of the Downward API's `resourceFieldRef` field was updated to account for pod-level resources: if container-level limits were not set, pod-level limits were now used before falling back to node allocatable resources. ([#132605](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132605), [@toVersus](https://github.com/toVersus)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]

  to borrow a number of seats from other priority level(s). As a cluster operator, you can enable borrowing
  for a certain priority level configuration object via the two newly introduced fields `lendablePercent`, and
  `borrowingLimitPercent` located under the `.spec.limited` field of the designated priority level.
  This change added the following metrics:

- Change `pod_preemption_victims` metric from Gauge to Histogram. ([#83603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83603), [@Tabrizian](https://github.com/Tabrizian))
- Following metrics from kubelet are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level:
  `kubelet_container_log_filesystem_used_bytes`

scalability testing in a continuous integration (CI) environment. The SIG
defined a concrete process for scalability testing, created
documentation for the current scalability thresholds, and defined a new set of
Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for the system.
Here's the release [scalability validation report].

[SIG Scalability]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-scalability

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Client-go header logging (at verbosity levels >= 9) now masks `Authorization` header contents ([#95316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95316), [@sfowl](https://github.com/sfowl)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

*   Added pod-level local ephemeral storage metric to the Summary API. Pod-level ephemeral storage reports the total filesystem usage for the containers and emptyDir volumes in the measured Pod. ([#55447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55447),[ @jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))...

- kube-proxy metrics are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#81626](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81626), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

    - [Deprecation of FlexVolume](#deprecation-of-flexvolume)
    - [Deprecation of klog specific flags](#deprecation-of-klog-specific-flags)
    - [Software Supply Chain SLSA Level 1 Compliance in the Kubernetes Release Process](#software-supply-chain-slsa-level-1-compliance-in-the-kubernetes-release-process)
    - [IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Networking graduates to GA](#ipv4ipv6-dual-stack-networking-graduates-to-ga)

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co.bw
org.bw

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// list of other 2nd level tlds ?
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- Changed the Pod API to support `hugepage resources` at `spec` level for pod-level resources. ([#130577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130577), [@KevinTMtz](https://github.com/KevinTMtz)) [SIG Apps, CLI, Node, Scheduling, Storage and Testing]