reuse pod names (they use generate-name).
  * User-written controllers that reuse names of pod objects should evaluate this change.
  * When deleting an object with `kubectl delete ... --grace-period=0`, the client will
    begin a graceful deletion and wait until the resource is fully deleted.  To force
    deletion immediately, use the `--force` flag. This prevents users from accidentally

  Fixed skip `not found` nodes when reconciling LB backend address pools ([#105188](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105188), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))
- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver. ([#104528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104528), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin))

  fix: ensure InstanceShutdownByProviderID return false for creating Azure VMs ([#104446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104446), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver. ([#104529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104529), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin)) [SIG Node]

- Service account tokens bound to pods can now be used during the pod deletion grace period. ([#89583](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89583), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Auth]

Aditya Kane, AdityaKane2001, ag.ramesh, Amogh Joshi, Armen Poghosov,
armkevincheng, Avrosh K, Ayan Moitra, azazhu, Banikumar Maiti, Bas Aarts, bhack,
Bhanu Prakash Bandaru Venkata, Billy Cao, Bohumir Zamecnik, Bradley Reece,
CyanXu, Daniel Situnayake, David Pal, Ddavis-2015, DEKHTIARJonathan, Deven
Desai, Duncan Riach, Edward, Eli Osherovich, Eugene Kuznetsov, europeanplaice,

This document outlines getting in new features after a new branch has been cut and the process for getting a PR
merged in before and after the first public release.

# Feature Freeze

One week before a release, the release branch goes into a state of code freeze. At this point only critical release
blocking bugs are addressed. Additional changes that are targeted for new features and capabilities will not be merged.

```console
$ uvicorn main:app --reload

<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started reloader process [28720]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started server process [28722]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Waiting for application startup.
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Application startup complete.
```

```console
$ uvicorn main:app --reload

<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started reloader process [28720]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started server process [28722]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Waiting for application startup.
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Application startup complete.
```

```console
$ uvicorn main:app --reload

<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started reloader process [28720]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started server process [28722]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Waiting for application startup.
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Application startup complete.
```

```console
$ uvicorn main:app --reload

<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started reloader process [28720]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Started server process [28722]
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Waiting for application startup.
<span style="color: green;">INFO</span>:     Application startup complete.
```