- Added a mechanism for configurable container restarts: _container-level restart rules_. This was an alpha feature behind the `ContainerRestartRules` feature gate. ([#132642](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

- Upgraded the `kubectl autoscale` subcommand to use `autoscaling/v2` rather than `autoscaling/v1` APIs. 
The command now attempts to use the `autoscaling/v2` API first. If the `autoscaling/v2` API is 
unavailable or an error occurs, it falls back to the `autoscaling/v1` API. ([#128950](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128950), [@googs1025](https://github.com/googs1025)) [SIG Autoscaling and CLI]

- Made kube-proxy Windows service control manager integration (`--windows-service`) configurable in v1alpha1 component configuration via `windowsRunAsService` field. ([#126072](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126072), [@aro...

- Removed generally available feature gate `HPAContainerMetrics` ([#126862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126862), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Autoscaling]
- Removed restrictions on subresource flag in kubectl commands ([#128296](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128296), [@AnishShah](https://github.com/AnishShah)) [SIG CLI]