- 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]

- Added Windows support for InPlace Pod Vertical Scaling feature. ([#112599](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112599), [@fabi200123](https://github.com/fabi200123)) [SIG Autoscaling, Node, Scalability, Scheduling and Windows]

- 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...

- Graduated HorizontalPodAutoscaler support for per-container metrics to stable. ([#123482](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123482), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Autoscaling]

- 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]

- Updated `Cluster Autosaler` to version 1.26.1. ([#116526](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116526), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Autoscaling and Cloud Provider]
- Updated `cri-tools` to `v1.27.0`. ([#117545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117545), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))

- Fixes conversion error for HorizontalPodAutoscaler objects with invalid annotations ([#89968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89968), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Autoscaling]