- Slow container runtime initialization no longer causes the System WatchDog to kill the kubelet. The Device Manager was treated as unhealthy until it began listening on its port. ([#135153](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135153), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))

- Improved the scalability of the PVC Protection Controller by batch-processing PVCs by namespace and implementing lazy live pod listing. ([#126745](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126745), [@hungnguyen243](https://gith...

- The slow initialization of container runtime will not cause System WatchDog to kill kubelet. Device Manager is not considered healthy before it attempted to start listening on the port. ([#135208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135208), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

- The slow initialization of container runtime will not cause System WatchDog to kill kubelet. Device Manager is not considered healthy before it attempted to start listening on the port. ([#135207](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135207), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

 * to interact with SMB resources.
 *
 * <p>
 * This client supports authentication, content retrieval, and metadata extraction from SMB files.
 * It handles file access, directory listing, and access control entries (ACEs) processing.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The class provides methods to:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Initialize the client with SMB authentication details.</li>

 *   <li>Content length validation</li>
 *   <li>MIME type detection</li>
 *   <li>Handling of large files through temporary file storage</li>
 *   <li>Object metadata retrieval</li>
 *   <li>Directory listing capabilities</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>The client handles timeout management for access operations and includes proper
 * resource cleanup mechanisms.
 */
public class GcsClient extends AbstractCrawlerClient {

 *   <li>Content length validation</li>
 *   <li>MIME type detection</li>
 *   <li>Handling of large files through temporary file storage</li>
 *   <li>Object metadata and tags retrieval</li>
 *   <li>Directory listing capabilities</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>The client handles timeout management for access operations and includes proper
 * resource cleanup mechanisms.
 */
public class S3Client extends AbstractCrawlerClient {

 * to interact with SMB resources.
 *
 * <p>
 * This client supports authentication, content retrieval, and metadata extraction from SMB files.
 * It handles file access, directory listing, and access control entries (ACEs) processing.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The class provides methods to:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Initialize the client with SMB authentication details.</li>