- The OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement admission plugin now checks authorization for the correct scope (namespaced or cluster-scoped) of the owner resource type. Previously, it always checked permissions at the same scope as the child resource. ([#70389](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70389), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Reimplement 'pause' in C - smaller footprint all around ([#23009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23009), [@uluyol](https://github.com/uluyol))
* Add subPath to mount a child dir or file of a volumeMount ([#22575](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/22575), [@MikaelCluseau](https://github.com/MikaelCluseau))

### Other notable changes

* Add API for StorageClasses ([#29694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29694), [@childsb](https://github.com/childsb))
* Fix kubectl help command ([#29737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29737), [@andreykurilin](https://github.com/andreykurilin))

  - A cluster-scoped object with an ownerReference referencing a uid of a namespaced kind is now consistently treated as though that owner is not resolvable, and the child object is ignored by the garbage collector. ([#92743](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92743), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG...