- Remove the deprecated metrics "scheduling_algorithm_preemption_evaluation_seconds" and "binding_duration_seconds", suggest to use "scheduler_framework_extension_point_duration_seconds" instead. ([#96447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96447), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation, Scheduling and Testing]

- `kube-proxy` in iptables mode will now have separate `sync_full_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`\nand
  `sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing\n`sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`),
  giving better information about the duration of each \nsync type, rather than

- Removed the following deprecated metrics:
  - node_collector_evictions_number replaced by node_collector_evictions_total
  - scheduler_e2e_scheduling_duration_seconds replaced by scheduler_scheduling_attempt_duration_seconds ([#115209](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115209), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))

* Add CLUSTER_SIGNING_DURATION environment variable to cluster ([#52497](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52497), [@jcbsmpsn](https://github.com/jcbsmpsn))
    * configuration scripts to allow configuration of signing duration of
    * certificates issued via the Certificate Signing Request API.

- Graduating `controller_admission_duration_seconds`, `step_admission_duration_seconds`, `webhook_admission_duration_seconds`, `apiserver_current_inflight_requests` and `apiserver_response_sizes` metrics to stable. ([#106122](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106122), [@rezakrimi](https://github.com/rezakrimi)) [SIG...

- A new kubelet metric `image_pull_duration_seconds` was added. The metric tracks the duration (in seconds) it takes for an image to be pulled, including the time spent in the waiting queue of image puller. The metric is broken down by bucketed image size. ([#121719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121719),...

- Fix incorrectly report scope for request_duration_seconds and request_slo_duration_seconds metrics for POST custom resources API calls. ([#110009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110009), [@azylinski](https://github.com/azylinski)) [SIG Instrumentation]

- Client-go metrics: change bucket distribution for `rest_client_request_duration_seconds` and `rest_client_rate_limiter_duration_seconds` from [0.001, 0.002, 0.004, 0.008, 0.016, 0.032, 0.064, 0.128, 0.256, 0.512] to [0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0}] ([#106911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106911),...

- The `CertificateSigningRequest.certificates.k8s.io` API supports an optional expirationSeconds field to allow the client to request a particular duration for the issued certificate.  The default signer implementations provided by the Kubernetes controller manager will honor this field as long as it does not exceed the --cluster-signing-duration flag. ([#99494](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99494), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

- Deprecated the `apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds` metric for v1.27 in favor of `apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds` for naming consistency purposes with other SLI-specific metrics and to avoid any confusion between SLOs and SLIs. ([#112679](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112679), [@dgrisonnet](https:/...