- Fixed a performance issue where pods weren't created/deleted in parallel for a StatefulSet with podManagementPolicy: Parallel. ([#119096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119096), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

- For volumes that allow attaches across multiple nodes, attach and detach operations across different nodes are now executed in parallel. ([#88678](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88678), [@verult](https://github.com/verult)) [SIG Storage]

- Fixed a performance issue where pods weren't created/deleted in parallel for a StatefulSet with podManagementPolicy: Parallel. ([#119224](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119224), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

* StatefulSets now include an alpha scaling feature accessible by setting the `spec.podManagementPolicy` field to `Parallel`.  The controller will not wait for pods to be ready before adding the other pods, and will replace deleted pods as needed.  Since parallel scaling creates pods out of order, you cannot depend on predictable membership changes within your set. ([#44899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44899), [@smart...

- Fixed a `v1.28.0` regression where `kube-controller-manager` can crash when `StatefulSet` with `Parallel` policy and PVC labels are scaled up. ([#121142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121142), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska))

  - Introduce a new label "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane" that will be applied in parallel to "node-role.kubernetes.io/master" until the removal of the "node-role.kubernetes.io/master" label.

- Fixed a 1.28.0 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121184](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121184), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

- kubeadm: improved the overall logic, error handling, and output messages when waiting for the kubelet and API server `/healthz` endpoints to return `OK`. The kubelet and API server checks no longer ran in parallel, but one after another (in serial).
   ([#121958](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121958), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Fixed a performance issue where pods weren't created/deleted in parallel for a StatefulSet with podManagementPolicy: Parallel. ([#119223](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119223), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

* StatefulSets now include an alpha scaling feature accessible by setting the `spec.podManagementPolicy` field to `Parallel`.  The controller will not wait for pods to be ready before adding the other pods, and will replace deleted pods as needed.  Since parallel scaling creates pods out of order, you cannot depend on predictable membership changes within your set. ([#44899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44899), [@smart...