// namespaces specifies a static list of namespace names that the term applies to.
  // The term is applied to the union of the namespaces listed in this field
  // and the ones selected by namespaceSelector.
  // null or empty namespaces list and null namespaceSelector means "this pod's namespace".
  // +optional
  repeated string namespaces = 2;

pod to consume resource files specifying a different namespace than the one the pod is running in. ([#44862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44862), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

    * Kubectl commands run inside a pod using a kubeconfig file now use the namespace specified in the kubeconfig file, instead of using the pod namespace. If no kubeconfig file is used, or the kubeconfig does not specify a namespace, the pod namespace is still used as a fallback. ([#...

* Addon manager supports HA masters. ([#55782](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55782), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))

* ScaleIO persistent volumes now support referencing a secret in a namespace other than the bound persistent volume claim's namespace; this is controlled during provisioning with the `secretNamespace` storage class parameter; StoragePool and ProtectionDomain attributes no longer defaults to the value `default` ([#54013](https://github.com/kubernete...

### SIG-service-catalog
- The Originating Identity feature, which lets the broker know which user that performed an action, is now GA.
- [Namespaced Brokers](https://svc-cat.io/docs/namespaced-broker-resources/), which enable operators to install a broker into a namespace instead of the cluster level, reached GA.

- AdmissionReview objects sent for the creation of Namespace API objects now populate the `namespace` attribute consistently (previously the `namespace` attribute was empty for Namespace creation via POST requests, and populated for Namespace creation via server-side-apply PATCH requests) ([#95012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95012), [@nodo](https://github.com/nodo)) [SIG API Machinery...

### API Change

- 1. PodAffinityTerm includes a namespaceSelector field to allow selecting eligible namespaces based on their labels. 

* PersistentVolume flexVolume sources can now reference secrets in a namespace other than the PersistentVolumeClaim's namespace. ([#56460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56460), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Windows

* kubectl commands run inside a pod using a kubeconfig file now use the namespace specified in the kubeconfig file, instead of using the pod namespace. If no kubeconfig file is used, or the kubeconfig does not specify a namespace, the pod namespace is still used as a fallback. ([#44570](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44570), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Adds feature gate `KubeletInUserNamespace` which enables support for running kubelet in a user namespace.
  
  The user namespace has to be created before running kubelet.
  All the node components such as CRI need to be running in the same user namespace.