`settings/v1alpha1`, and `scheduling/v1alpha1` APIs are disabled by default.

* The `system:node` role is no longer automatically granted to the `system:nodes` group in new clusters. The role gives broad read access to resources, including secrets and configmaps. Use the `Node` authorization mode to authorize the nodes in new clusters. To continue providing the `system:node` role to the members of the `system:nodes` group, create an installation-specific `ClusterRoleBinding` in the installation....

- Kubelet no longer attempts to sync iptables on non-Linux systems.. ([#67690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67690), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
- Kubelet no longer applies default hard evictions of nodefs.inodesFree on non-Linux systems. ([#67709](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67709), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

## Known Issues

* The `system-node-critical` and `system-cluster-critical` priority classes are now limited to the `kube-system` namespace by the `PodPriority` admission plugin. ([#65593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65593), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

### Other notable changes

- Upon successful authorization check, an impersonated user is added to the system:authenticated group.
  system:anonymous when impersonated is added to the system:unauthenticated group. ([#94410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94410), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

* Fixes problems with connecting to services on localhost on some systems; in particular, DNS queries to systemd-resolved on Ubuntu. ([#80591](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80591), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

message ScaleIOPersistentVolumeSource {
  // gateway is the host address of the ScaleIO API Gateway.
  optional string gateway = 1;

  // system is the name of the storage system as configured in ScaleIO.
  optional string system = 2;

  // secretRef references to the secret for ScaleIO user and other
  // sensitive information. If this is not provided, Login operation will fail.

- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver.

- Local Storage Capacity Isolation feature is GA in 1.25 release. For systems (rootless) that cannot check root file system, please use kubelet config --local-storage-capacity-isolation=false to disable this feature. Once disabled, pod cannot set local ephemeral storage request/limit, and emptyDir sizeLimit niether. ([#111513](https://github.com...

### Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)

The `GracefulNodeShutdown` feature is now in Alpha. This allows kubelet to be aware of node system shutdowns, enabling graceful termination of pods during a system shutdown. This feature can be [enabled through feature gate](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/architecture/nodes/#graceful-node-shutdown).

### Runtime log sanitation