* [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))

- 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]

- Give terminal phase correctly to all pods that will not be restarted. 

  In particular, assign Failed phase to pods which are deleted while pending. Also, assign a terminal 
  phase (Succeeded or Failed, depending on the exit statuses of the pod containers) to pods which
  are deleted while running.
  

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built with Golang 1.16.10 (#106224, @cpanato) [SIG Cloud Provider, Instrumentation, Release and Testing]
- Update debian-base, debian-iptables, setcap images to pick up CVE fixes
  - Debian-base to v1.9.0
  - Debian-iptables to v1.6.7
  - setcap to v2.0.4 (#106147, @cpanato) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Failing Test

* 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.

* Updates to use debian-iptables v11.0, debian-hyperkube-base 0.12.0, and kube-addon-manager:v8.9. ([#70209](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70209), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))

   ([#123343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123343), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander))
- Updated `distroless-iptables` to `v0.5.0`, debian-base to `bookworm-v1.0.1`, and setcap to `bookworm-v1.0.1`.
   ([#123170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123170), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato))
- `NewVolumeManagerReconstruction` feature is now GA.

### Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)

- Add delays between goroutines for vm instance update ([#88094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88094), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Bump debian-base to v1.0.1 and debian-iptables to v11.0.3 ([#88882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88882), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair)) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle, Release and Testing]

* 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