- A new kubelet metric `image_pull_duration_seconds` was added. The metric tracks the duration (in seconds) it takes for an image to be pulled, including the time spent in the waiting queue of image puller. The metric is broken down by bucketed image size. ([#121719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121719), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao))

- Introduced new apiserver metric `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_seats`. This metric is analogous to `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_requests`, but tracks the total number of seats, as each request can take more than one seat. ([#119385](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119385), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.31.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.53.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0
	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1
	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0

	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.54.0 // indirect
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.29.0 // indirect
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.29.0 // indirect
	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 // indirect
	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/mod v0.20.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect

- Scheduler now waits for handlers to finish syncing before the scheduling cycles start. ([#116729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116729), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

          - "!**/pkg/tracing/**"
        deny:
          - pkg: go.opentelemetry.io/otel
            desc: "do not use OpenTelemetry directly; use pkg/monitoring"
          - pkg: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
            desc: "do not use OpenTelemetry directly; use pkg/monitoring"
      DenyProtobufV1:
        files:
          - $all
        deny:
          - pkg: github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes

go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0 h1:FSErL0ATQAmYHUIzSezZibnyVlft1ybhy4ozRPcF2fE=
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0/go.mod h1:C3dEloVbLuYoX41KpmAhOqNriGbA+qqH6PQ5E5mUfnY=
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0 h1:xLY3abVHYZ5HSfOg3l2E5LUj2Cwva5Y7yGxnSW9H5Gk=
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0/go.mod h1:TfRbMdhvxIIr/B2N2LQW2S5v9m3gOQ/08KsbbO5BPT0=

- The nftables kube-proxy mode now has its own metrics rather than reporting
  metrics with "iptables" in their names. ([#124557](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124557), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- Transformation_operations_total metric will have additional resource label which can be used for resource specific validations for example handling of encryption config by the apiserver. ([#126512](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126512), [@kmala](https://github.com/kmala)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Etcd and Testing]

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github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 h1:hR91U9KYmb6bLBYLQjyM+3j+rcd/UhE+G78SFnF8gJA=
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