- A new `kubelet_preemptions` metric is reported from Kubelets to track the number of preemptions occurring over time, and which resource is triggering those preemptions. ([#84120](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84120), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- A terminating pod on a node that is not caused by preemption no longer prevents `kube-scheduler` from preempting pods on that node
  - Rename `PreemptionByKubeScheduler` to `PreemptionByScheduler` ([#114623](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114623), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix a scheduler preemption issue where the victim pod was not deleted due to incorrect status patching. This issue occurred when the preemptor and victim pods had different QoS classes in their status, causing the preemption to fail entirely. ([#126695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126695), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fixed a bug that scheduler extenders are not called on preemptions. ([#103019](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103019), [@ordovicia](https://github.com/ordovicia))

- Migrate  `pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager`  to structured logging ([#99885](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99885), [@qingwave](https://github.com/qingwave)) [SIG Node]
- Migrate  `pkg/kubelet/preemption/preemption.go` and `pkg/kubelet/logs/container_log_manager.go` to structured logging ([#99848](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99848), [@qingwave](https://github.com/qingwave)) [SIG Node]

  // description is an arbitrary string that usually provides guidelines on
  // when this priority class should be used.
  // +optional
  optional string description = 4;

  // preemptionPolicy is the Policy for preempting pods with lower priority.
  // One of Never, PreemptLowerPriority.
  // Defaults to PreemptLowerPriority if unset.
  // +optional
  optional string preemptionPolicy = 5;
}

  // description is an arbitrary string that usually provides guidelines on
  // when this priority class should be used.
  // +optional
  optional string description = 4;

  // preemptionPolicy is the Policy for preempting pods with lower priority.
  // One of Never, PreemptLowerPriority.
  // Defaults to PreemptLowerPriority if unset.
  // +optional
  optional string preemptionPolicy = 5;
}

  // description is an arbitrary string that usually provides guidelines on
  // when this priority class should be used.
  // +optional
  optional string description = 4;

  // preemptionPolicy is the Policy for preempting pods with lower priority.
  // One of Never, PreemptLowerPriority.
  // Defaults to PreemptLowerPriority if unset.
  // +optional
  optional string preemptionPolicy = 5;
}

- Fix: return empty VMAS name if using standalone VM ([#103470](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103470), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed a bug that scheduler extenders are not called on preemptions ([#103019](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103019), [@ordovicia](https://github.com/ordovicia)) [SIG Scheduling]

imagePullPolicy| [ImagePullPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/)
priorityClassName | [priority class name](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/#priorityclass)
nodeSelector| [node selector](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#nodeselector)