- A new score extension for NodeResourcesFit plugin that merges the functionality of `NodeResourcesLeastAllocated`, `NodeResourcesMostAllocated`, `RequestedToCapacityRatio` plugins, which are marked as deprecated as of v1beta2. In v1beta1, the three plugins can still be used in v1beta1 but not at the same time with the score extension of `NodeResourcesFit`. ([#101822](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101822), [@yuzhiquan](https://github.com/yuzhiquan))

- Promoted the feature gate `HonorPVReclaimPolicy` to GA. ([#129583](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129583), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps, Storage and Testing]

- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace: v1.33.0 → v1.34.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk: v1.33.0 → v1.34.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp: v1.4.0 → v1.5.0
- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: e6fa225 → a0af3ef

- cloud.google.com/go/storagetransfer: v1.8.0 → v1.10.0
- cloud.google.com/go/talent: v1.5.0 → v1.6.2
- cloud.google.com/go/texttospeech: v1.6.0 → v1.7.1
- cloud.google.com/go/tpu: v1.5.0 → v1.6.1
- cloud.google.com/go/trace: v1.9.0 → v1.10.1
- cloud.google.com/go/translate: v1.7.0 → v1.8.2
- cloud.google.com/go/video: v1.15.0 → v1.19.0
- cloud.google.com/go/videointelligence: v1.10.0 → v1.11.1
- cloud.google.com/go/vision/v2: v2.7.0 → v2.7.2

  
  Changed `kubectl create secret --help` description. There will be a short introduction to the three secret types and clearer guidance on how to use the command. ([#117930](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117930), [@LronDC](https://github.com/LronDC))

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  correctly with an external cloud provider. ([#124516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124516), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))
- Fixed an issue that prevents the linking of trace spans for requests that are proxied through kube-aggregator. ([#124189](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124189), [@toddtreece](https://github.com/toddtreece))

### SIG AWS

In v1.13 we worked on tighter integrations of Kubernetes API objects with AWS services. These include three out-of-tree alpha feature releases:

1) Alpha for AWS ALB (Application Load Balancer) integration to Kubernetes Ingress resources.
2) Alpha for CSI specification 0.3 integration to AWS EBS (Elastic Block Store)

- cloud.google.com/go/storagetransfer: v1.10.0 → v1.10.3
- cloud.google.com/go/talent: v1.6.2 → v1.6.5
- cloud.google.com/go/texttospeech: v1.7.1 → v1.7.4
- cloud.google.com/go/tpu: v1.6.1 → v1.6.4
- cloud.google.com/go/trace: v1.10.1 → v1.10.4
- cloud.google.com/go/translate: v1.8.2 → v1.10.0
- cloud.google.com/go/video: v1.19.0 → v1.20.3
- cloud.google.com/go/videointelligence: v1.11.1 → v1.11.4

`Initializers` admission plugin is enabled.([#51436](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51436))

* [Action required] The validation rule for metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name must contain at least three segments, separated by dots. You can create objects with pending initializers and not rely on the API server to add pending initializers according to `initializerConfiguration`. If you do so, update the initializer name in the existing objects and...