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  Action required for custom scheduler plugin developers:
  Plugins **have to** implement a QueueingHint for Pod/Update event if the rejection from them could be resolved by updating unscheduled Pods themselves.

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  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))

## Changelog since v1.31.0

## Urgent Upgrade Notes

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

 - ACTION REQUIRED for custom scheduler plugin developers:
  `PodEligibleToPreemptOthers` in the `preemption` interface gets `ctx` in the parameters.

- A new feature was enabled to improve the performance of the iptables mode of `kube-proxy` in large clusters. No action was required, however:
  

    - [Action Required](#action-required-6)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-18)
- [v1.8.0-alpha.1](#v180-alpha1)
  - [Downloads for v1.8.0-alpha.1](#downloads-for-v180-alpha1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-20)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-20)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-20)
  - [Changelog since v1.7.0-alpha.4](#changelog-since-v170-alpha4)
    - [Action Required](#action-required-7)

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- Kubeadm: fixed a bug during kubeadm upgrade, where it is not possible to mount a new device and create a symbolic link...

## Changelog since v1.27.0

## Urgent Upgrade Notes 

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Action required for the custom scheduler plugin developers. 
  Here's the breaking change in `EnqueueExtension` in the scheduling framework.