* [alpha] This version now supports priority-based preemption of pods ([user doc](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/))([design doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/scheduling/pod-preemption.md))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Build: Update Debian base images
  - debian-base:v2.1.3
  - debian-iptables:v12.1.2
  - debian-hyperkube-base:v1.1.3 ([#93754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93754), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle, Release and Testing]

* Bump up version number of debian-base, debian-hyperkube-base and debian-iptables.  ([#67026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67026), [@satyasm](https://github.com/satyasm))
    * Also updates dependencies of users of debian-base.
    * debian-base version 0.3.1 is already available.

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Build: Update Debian base images
  - debian-base:v2.1.3
  - debian-iptables:v12.1.2
  - debian-hyperkube-base:v1.1.3 ([#93924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93924), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle and Release]

- Updated `setcap` image to debian bookworm v1.0.0. ([#119247](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119247), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))
- Updated `cri-tools` to `v1.26.1`. ([#116649](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116649), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG Architecture and Release]

of node affinity use the new syntax. Documentation is [here](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/) (see section “Alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.2: Node Affinity“). Design doc is [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.2/docs/design/nodeaffinity.md).

* Kubectl
  * Display line number on JSON errors
  * Add flag -t as shorthand for --tty
* Resources
  * Improved node stability by *optionally* evicting pods upon memory pressure - [Design Doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.3/docs/proposals/kubelet-eviction.md)
  * **alpha**: NVIDIA GPU support ([#24836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24836), [@therc](https://github.com/therc))

  * [Nodes](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#node-affinity-beta-feature) and [pods](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#inter-pod-affinity-and-anti-affinity-beta-feature) now support affinity and anti-affinity
  * Advanced scheduling can be performed with [taints and tolerations](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#taints-and-tolerations-beta-feature)

* PodDisruptionBudget now uses [ControllerRef](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/api-machinery/controller-ref.md) to make the right decisions about Pod eviction even if the built in application controllers have overlapping selectors.

### **Security**
#### Admission Control

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.21.9
  - update debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.2 ([#124197](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124197), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Cloud Provider, Release, Storage and Testing]

### Bug or Regression