- Enabled the `StatefulSetStartOrdinal` feature gate in beta ([#115260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115260), [@pwschuurman](https://github.com/pwschuurman))
- Enabled usage of `kube-proxy`, `kube-scheduler` and `kubelet` HTTP APIs for changing the logging

- `RetroactiveDefaultStorageClass` feature made stable and enabled by default. ([#118102](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118102), [@RomanBednar](https://github.com/RomanBednar))
- `TopologyManagerPolicyOptions` feature-flag is promoted to beta and enabled by default. ([#118816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118816), [@PiotrProkop](https://github.com/PiotrProkop))

- Contextual logging is now in beta and enabled by default. Check out the [KEP](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3077) and [official documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging) for more details. ([#122589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122589), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

  Enabling this feature will modify all Pod Security Standard rules to allow setting: `spec[.*].securityContext.[runAsNonRoot,runAsUser]`.
  This feature gate should only be enabled if all nodes in the cluster support the user namespace feature and have it enabled.

- KMS: added validation for duplicate kms config name when auto reload is enabled. If you enabled automatic reload of encryption configuration with API server flag `--encryption-pr...