- 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))

- Users should not rely on unsupported CRON_TZ variable when specifying schedule, both the API server and cronjob controller will emit warnings pointing to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/cron-jobs/ containing explanation ([#106455](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106455), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG Apps]...

- 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]

- This adds an optional `timeZone` field as part of the CronJob spec to support running cron jobs in a specific time zone. ([#108032](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108032), [@deejross](https://github.com/deejross))

- 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`