on average) and rapid updates to pod configuration should take effect sooner.
  
  A new metric `kubelet_known_pods` has been added at ALPHA stability to report the number of pods a Kubelet is tracking in a number of internal states.  Operators may use the metrics to track an excess of pods in the orphaned state that may not be completing. ([#113145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113145), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Cloud...