- Fixed the preStop hook will block the pod termination grace period ([#115835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115835), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- A terminating pod on a node that is not caused by preemption no longer prevents `kube-scheduler` from preempting pods on that node

* Fix race condition introduced by graceful termination which can lead to a deadlock in kube-proxy ([#72361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72361), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))
* Support graceful termination with IPVS when deleting a service ([#71895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71895), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

- EndpointSlice should not contain endpoints for terminating pods ([#89056](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89056), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Apps and Network]

* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* support cross resource group for azure file ([#68117](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68117), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* kube-proxy in IPVS mode will stop initiating connections to terminating pods for services with sessionAffinity set. ([#71834](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71834), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

- Fixes a regression in kube-apiserver causing 500 errors from the `/readyz` endpoint ([#93643](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93643), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Terminating a restartPolicy=Never pod no longer has a chance to report the pod succeeded when it actually failed. ([#88440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88440), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Fix the regression with the slow pods termination. Before this fix pods may take an additional time to terminate - up to one minute. Reversing the change that ensured that CNI resources cleaned up when the pod is removed on API server. ([#97980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97980),...

* Fix race condition introduced by graceful termination which can lead to a deadlock in kube-proxy ([#72361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72361), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))
* Support graceful termination with IPVS when deleting a service ([#71895](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71895), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))