- Fixed a regression since 1.24 in the scheduling framework when overriding MultiPoint plugins (e.g. default plugins).

- Kube-scheduler: a plugin enabled in a v1beta2 configuration file takes precedence over the default configuration for that plugin. This simplifies enabling default plugins with custom configuration without needing to explicitly disable those default plugins. ([#99582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99582), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave))

  In other words, your `PreFilter`/`Filter` plugin can return a Skip status in `PreFilter` if the plugin does nothing in Filter for that Pod.
  Scheduler skips `NodeAffinity` Filter plugin when `NodeAffinity` Filter plugin has nothing to do with a Pod.

* Added support to a hierarchy of kubectl plugins (a tree of plugins as children of other plugins). ([#45981](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45981), [@fabianofranz](https://github.com/fabianofranz))
    * Added exported env vars to kubectl plugins so that plugin developers have access to global flags, namespace, the plugin descriptor and the full path to the caller binary.

- Kubelet plugin registration now has retry and exponential backoff logic for when registration of plugins (such as CSI or device plugin) fail. ([#73891](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73891), [@taragu](https://github.com/taragu))

### KMM Plugin

- [`KT-59270`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59270) Update wizards in KMM AS plugin after 1.9.20 release
- [`KT-60169`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-60169) Generate gradle version catalog in KMM AS plugin
- [`KT-59269`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-59269) Update wizards in KMM AS plugin after 1.9.0 release

### Klibs

#### New Features

* GCE PD volume plugin now supports block volumes. ([#58710](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58710), [@screeley44](https://github.com/screeley44))

For the 1.9 release, SIG Storage made Kubernetes more pluggable and modular by introducing an alpha implementation of the Container Storage Interface (CSI). CSI will make installing new volume plugins as easy as deploying a pod, and enable third-party storage providers to develop their plugins without the need to add code to the core Kubernetes codebase.

### External credential provider for client-go

The client-go credential plugins can now be passed in the current cluster information via the `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable. Learn more about this on [client-go credential plugins documentation](https://docs.k8s.io/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins/).

### CronJob controller v2 is available through feature gate

age-in-tree-to-csi-migration-status-update/#quick-recap-what-is-csi-migration-and-why-migrate) is an ongoing effort that SIG Storage has been working on for a few releases. The goal is to move in-tree volume plugins to out-of-tree CSI drivers and eventually remove the in-tree volume plugins. The [core CSI Migration](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-storage/625-csi-migration) feature moved to GA. CSI Migration for GCE PD and AWS EBS also moved to GA. CSI Migration for...