- Drop additional rule requirement (cronjobs/finalizers) in the roles who use kubectl create cronjobs to be backwards compatible ([#124883](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124883), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG CLI]

as they did in previous versions. Dormant StatefulSets with the annotation set to `false` will become active after upgrading.

* The CronJob object is now enabled by default at `v1beta1`. CronJob `v2alpha1` is still available, but it must be explicitly enabled. We recommend that you move any current CronJob objects to `batch/v1beta1.CronJob`. Be aware that if you specify the deprecated version, you may encounter Resource Not Found errors. These errors occur because the new controllers...

- Added new annotation `batch.kubernetes.io/cronjob-scheduled-timestamp` to Job objects scheduled from CronJobs. ([#118137](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118137), [@helayoty](https://github.com/helayoty))

- Fixes calculating the requeue time in the cronjob controller, which results in properly handling failed/stuck jobs ([#121327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121327), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG Apps]

- Annotation `batch.kubernetes.io/cronjob-scheduled-timestamp` added to Job objects scheduled from CronJobs is promoted to stable. ([#128336](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128336), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- Fixes calculating the requeue time in the cronjob controller, which results in properly handling failed/stuck jobs ([#121540](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121540), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG Apps]

- Fix a bug in cronjob controller where already created jobs may be missing from the status. ([#120649](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120649), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim)) [SIG Apps]

- The following roles have had `Watch` added to them (prefixed with `system:controller:`):
  
  - `cronjob-controller`
  - `endpoint-controller`
  - `endpointslice-controller`
  - `endpointslicemirroring-controller`
  - `horizontal-pod-autoscaler`
  - `node-controller`
  - `pod-garbage-collector`

- Kube-apiserver: Defaulted empty `spec.jobTemplate.spec.podFailurePolicy.rules[*].onPodConditions[*].status` fields for CronJob objects as documented, avoiding validation failures during write requests. ([#131525](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131525), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

### Bug or Regression

- Drop additional rule requirement (cronjobs/finalizers) in the roles who use kubectl create cronjobs to be backwards compatible ([#124883](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124883), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG CLI]