- Callers of `wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext` now must pass a `ConditionWithContextFunc` to be consistent with the signature and avoid creating a duplicate context. If your condition does not need a context you can use the `ConditionFunc.WithContext()` helper to ignore the context, or use `ExponentialBackoff` directly. ([#115113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115113), [@...

* Allow kubernetes components to react to SIGTERM signal and shutdown gracefully. ([#57756](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57756), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))
* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- The drop-in kubelet configuration directory feature has been targeted for Beta. ([#122907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122907), [@sohankunkerkar](https://github.com/sohankunkerkar))
- The kubelet now rejects creating the pod if `hostUserns=false` and the CRI runtime does not support user namespaces. ([#123216](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123216), [@giuseppe](https://github.com/giuseppe))

- Fixed a regression in the kubelet's behavior while creating a container when the `EventedPLEG` feature gate is enabled. ([#120942](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120942), [@sairameshv](https://github.com/sairameshv))

- E2e: tests can now register callbacks with `ginkgo.BeforeEach`, `ginkgo.AfterEach` or `ginkgo.DeferCleanup` directly after creating a framework instance and are guaranteed that their code is called after the framework is initialized and before it gets cleaned up. `ginkgo.DeferCleanup` replaces `f.AddAfterEach` and `AddCleanupAction` which got removed to simplify the framework....