### API Change

- 1. PodAffinityTerm includes a namespaceSelector field to allow selecting eligible namespaces based on their labels. 

* Tolerate missing watch permission when deleting a resource ([#65370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65370), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
* Prevents a `kubectl delete` hang when deleting controller managed lists ([#65367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65367), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Applying fix for not deleting existing public IP when a service is deleted in Azure. ([#100694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100694), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))
- Applying fix for not tagging static public IP. ([#101752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101752), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))

- Improve error message when applying CRDs before the CRD exists in a cluster ([#107363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107363), [@eddiezane](https://github.com/eddiezane))
- Improved algorithm for selecting `best` non-preferred hint in the TopologyManager ([#108154](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108154), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska))

</p>

<pre>
var t T
</pre>

<h3 id="Package_initialization">Package initialization</h3>

<p>
Within a package, package-level variable initialization proceeds stepwise,
with each step selecting the variable earliest in <i>declaration order</i>
which has no dependencies on uninitialized variables.
</p>

<p>
More precisely, a package-level variable is considered <i>ready for

    * `kubectl delete node/<nodeName>`
    * or grant self-deletion permission explicitly:
        * `kubectl create clusterrole self-deleting-nodes --verb=delete --resource=nodes`
        * `kubectl create clusterrolebinding self-deleting-nodes --clusterrole=self-deleting-nodes --group=system:nodes`

      - [kubeadm](#kubeadm-1)
      - [Cloud Provider Support](#cloud-provider-support)
    - [**Cluster Federation**](#cluster-federation)
      - [Placement Policy](#placement-policy)
      - [Cluster Selection](#cluster-selection)
    - [**Instrumentation**](#instrumentation)
      - [Core Metrics API](#core-metrics-api)
    - [**Internationalization**](#internationalization)
    - [**kubectl (CLI)**](#kubectl-cli-1)

* Add --request-timeout to kube-apiserver to make global request timeout configurable. ([#51415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51415), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

* When deleting an object with `--grace-period=0`, the client will begin a graceful deletion and wait until the resource is fully deleted.  To force deletion, use the `--force` flag. ([#37263](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37263), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

* Add --request-timeout to kube-apiserver to make global request timeout configurable. ([#51415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51415), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))