<p>
the variable <code>a</code> will be initialized after <code>b</code> but
whether <code>x</code> is initialized before <code>b</code>, between
<code>b</code> and <code>a</code>, or after <code>a</code>, and
thus also the moment at which <code>sideEffect()</code> is called (before
or after <code>x</code> is initialized) is not specified.
</p>

<p>
Variables may also be initialized using functions named <code>init</code>

- [`KT-40851`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-40851) False MUST_BE_INITIALIZED_OR_BE_ABSTRACT error for a property which is initialised in the init block
- [`KT-59695`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59695) K2: false negative NON_PUBLIC_CALL_FROM_PUBLIC_INLINE
- [`KT-41198`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-41198) False positive “Variable must be initialized” with assignment in scope function and safe call

* Pod spec is mutable when the pod is uninitialized. The API server requires the pod spec to be valid even if it's uninitialized. Updating the status field of uninitialized pods is invalid.([#51733](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51733))

  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle#container-probes
  // +optional
  optional Probe readinessProbe = 11;

  // StartupProbe indicates that the Pod has successfully initialized.
  // If specified, no other probes are executed until this completes successfully.
  // If this probe fails, the Pod will be restarted, just as if the livenessProbe failed.

- The cloud config for Azure cloud provider can now be initialized from Kubernetes secret azure-cloud-provider in kube-system namespace
    - the secret is a serialized version of `azure.json` file with key cloud-config. And the secret name is azure-cloud-provider.

- The alpha `Initializers` admission plugin is no longer enabled by default. This matches the off-by-default behavior of the alpha API which drives initializer behavior. ([#66039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66039), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply to the new validation rule. ([#512...

* Scale max-inflight limits together with master VM sizes. ([#73268](https://github.com/kubernete...

- For scheduler plugin developers: the scheduler framework's shared PodInformer is now initialized with empty indexers. This enables scheduler plugins to add their extra indexers. Note that only non-conflict indexers are allowed to be added. ([#110663](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110663), [@fromanirh](https://github.com/fromanirh))...

- Fixed incorrect watch events when a watch is initialized simultanously with a reinitializing watchcache. ([#116436](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116436), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))