- The deprecated taints `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/notReady` and `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/unreachable` are no longer supported or adjusted. These uses should be replaced with `node.kubernetes.io/not-ready` and `node.kubernetes.io/unreachable`

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.
*   Taint key `notReady` is changed to `not-ready`, and is also now in GA.
*   These changes are automatically updated for taints. Tolerations for these taints must be updated manually. Specifically, you must:
    *   Change `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/notReady` to `node.kubernetes.io/not-ready`

* fixed foreground deletion of podtemplates ([#60683](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60683), [@nilebox](https://github.com/nilebox))
* Timeout docker queries to prevent node going NotReady indefinitely. ([#56967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56967), [@jsravn](https://github.com/jsravn))

* Fixes a bug where if an error was returned that was not an `autorest.DetailedError` we would return `"not found", nil` which caused nodes to go to `NotReady` state. ([#57484](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57484), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

// These are valid but not exhaustive conditions of node. A cloud provider may set a condition not listed here.
// Relevant events contain "NodeReady", "NodeNotReady", "NodeSchedulable", and "NodeNotSchedulable".
const (
	// NodeReady means kubelet is healthy and ready to accept pods.
	NodeReady NodeConditionType = "Ready"
	// NodeMemoryPressure means the kubelet is under pressure due to insufficient available memory.

* Fix [transition between NotReady and Unreachable taints](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43444). ([#44042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44042), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))

// These are valid but not exhaustive conditions of node. A cloud provider may set a condition not listed here.
// Relevant events contain "NodeReady", "NodeNotReady", "NodeSchedulable", and "NodeNotSchedulable".
const (
	// NodeReady means kubelet is healthy and ready to accept pods.
	NodeReady NodeConditionType = "Ready"
	// NodeMemoryPressure means the kubelet is under pressure due to insufficient available memory.

* Fixed a bug where if an error was returned that was not an `autorest.DetailedError` we would return `"not found", nil` which caused nodes to go to `NotReady` state. ([#57484](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57484), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

- Print NotReady when pod is not ready based on its conditions. ([#88240](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88240), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG CLI]

LBs with externalTrafficPolicy=Local when node readiness changes (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/111539). The service controller (in cloud-controller-manager) will avoid resyncing nodes which are transitioning between `Ready` / `NotReady` (only for ETP=Local Services).  The LBs used for these services will solely rely on the health check probe defined by the `healthCheckNodePort` to determine if a particular node is to be used for traffic load balancing. ([#109706](https://githu...