- Implemented full support for contextual logging in  `client-go/rest`. `BackoffManagerWithContext` was used instead of  `BackoffManager` to ensure that the caller could interrupt the sleep. ([#127709](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127709), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Auth, Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Network and Node]

- Allows PreStop lifecycle handler's sleep action to have a zero value ([#127094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127094), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG Apps, Node and Testing]

- [migration phase 1] PodMatchNodeSelector/NodAffinity as filter plugin ([#83660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83660), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))
- Add more tracing steps in generic_scheduler ([#83539](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83539), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

  is removed in `v1.29`. Migrated `kube-scheduler` configuration files to `kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1`.' ([#119994](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119994), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- A new sleep action for the `PreStop` lifecycle hook was added, allowing containers to pause for a specified duration before termination. ([#119026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119026), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

performing the TLS Bootstrap properly. Earlier, `kubeadm join` only did the discovery part and exited successfully without checking that the kubelet actually started properly and performed the TLS bootstrap correctly. Now, as kubeadm runs some post-join steps (for example, annotating the Node API object with the CRISocket), `kubeadm join` is now waiting for the kubelet to perform the TLS Bootstrap, and then uses that credential to perform further actions. This also improves the UX, as `kubeadm` will exit...

- Kube-controller-manager: the dynamic resource controller steps in when a pod got created such that the scheduler ignores it (i.e. spec.nodeName is set) and then takes care of triggering delayed resource claim allocation and/or reserving a claim for the pod. ([#118209](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118209),...

- A new metric `lifecycle_handler_sleep_terminated_total` is added to record how many times LifecycleHandler sleep got unexpectedly terminated. ([#122456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122456), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

- Fixed a bug that the async preemption feature keeps preemptor pods unnecessarily in the queue. ([#133167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133167), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Corrected a mistake in the documentation for wait.PollImmediate(...) ([#65026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65026), [@spew](https://github.com/spew))
* Split 'scheduling_latency_seconds' metric into finer steps (predicate, priority, premption) ([#65306](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65306), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))

The `wait.NewExponentialBackoffManager` and `wait.NewJitteringBackoffManager` functions have been marked as deprecated.  Callers should switch to using the `Backoff{...}.DelayWithReset(clock, resetInterval)` method and must set the `Steps` field when using `Factor`. As a short term change, callers may use the `Timer()` method on the `BackoffManager` until the backoff managers are deprecated and removed. Please see the godoc of the deprecated functions for examples of how to replace...