* run kube-addon-manager in a static pod ([#23600](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23600), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))
* Reimplement 'pause' in C - smaller footprint all around ([#23009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23009), [@uluyol](https://github.com/uluyol))

* Do not delete pod objects until all its compute resource footprint has been
  reclaimed.
  - This feature prevents the node and scheduler from oversubscribing resources
    that are still being used by a pod in the process of being cleaned up.
  - This feature can result in increase of Pod Deletion latency especially if the
    pod has a large filesystem footprint.

### RBAC

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Handle slow CronJob lister in CronJob controller v2 and improve memory footprint. ([#96443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96443), [@alaypatel07](https://github.com/alaypatel07)) [SIG Apps]