prometheus.io/port: "15020"
        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
        proxy.istio.io/config: '{ "holdApplicationUntilProxyStarts": true }'
        sidecar.istio.io/status: '{"initContainers":["istio-init"],"containers":["istio-proxy"],"volumes":null,"imagePullSecrets":null,"revision":"default"}'
      creationTimestamp: null
      labels:
        app: hello
        tier: backend
        track: stable

  strategy: {}
  template:
    metadata:
      annotations:
        prometheus.io/path: /stats/prometheus
        prometheus.io/port: "15020"
        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
        sidecar.istio.io/status: '{"initContainers":["istio-init"],"containers":["istio-proxy"],"volumes":null,"imagePullSecrets":null,"revision":"default"}'
      creationTimestamp: null
      labels:
        app: hello
        tier: backend
        track: stable

  strategy: {}
  template:
    metadata:
      annotations:
        prometheus.io/path: /stats/prometheus
        prometheus.io/port: "15020"
        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
        sidecar.istio.io/status: '{"initContainers":["istio-init"],"containers":["istio-proxy"],"volumes":null,"imagePullSecrets":null,"revision":"default"}'
      creationTimestamp: null
      labels:
        app: hello
        tier: backend
        track: stable

- In sidecar mode, the CNI plugin can configure sidecar networking for pods when they are scheduled by the container runtime, using iptables. The CNI handling the netns setup replaces the current Istio approach using a `NET_ADMIN` privileged `initContainers` container, `istio-init`, injected in the pods along with `istio-proxy` sidecars. This removes the need for a privileged, `NET_ADMIN` container in the Istio users' application pods.

- E2e test for PodFsGroupChangePolicy ([#96247](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96247), [@saikat-royc](https://github.com/saikat-royc)) [SIG Storage and Testing]
- Ephemeral containers now apply the same API defaults as initContainers and containers ([#94896](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94896), [@wawa0210](https://github.com/wawa0210)) [SIG Apps and CLI]
- Graduate the Pod Resources API to G.A

- Fix `EndpointSlice` describe panic when an Endpoint doesn't have zone. ([#101025](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101025), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn))
- Fix `kubectl set env` or `resources` not working for initcontainers. ([#101669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101669), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

* The deprecated alpha and beta initContainer annotations are no longer supported. Init containers must be specified using the initContainers field in the pod spec. ([#51816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51816), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Restores the ability of older clients to delete and scale jobs with initContainers. ([#59880](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59880), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* The GitRepo volume type is deprecated. To provision a container with a git repo, mount an `EmptyDir` into an `InitContainer` that clones the repo using git, then mount the `EmptyDir` into the Pod's container.
([#63445](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63445), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

* The deprecated alpha and beta initContainer annotations are no longer supported. Init containers must be specified using the initContainers field in the pod spec. ([#51816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51816), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))