* [fluentd-gcp addon] Bump fluentd-gcp-scaler to v0.5.2 to pick up security fixes. ([#76762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76762), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))

- If we set SelectPolicy MinPolicySelect on scaleUp behavior or scaleDown behavior,Horizontal Pod Autoscaler doesn't automatically scale the number of pods correctly ([#95647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95647), [@JoshuaAndrew](https://github.com/JoshuaAndrew)) [SIG Apps and Autoscaling]

  - The deprecated cloud providers `ovirt`, `cloudstack` and `photon` have been removed ([#72178](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72178), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
  - The `Cinder` and `ScaleIO` volume providers have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ([#80099](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80099), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- If we set SelectPolicy MinPolicySelect on scaleUp behavior or scaleDown behavior,Horizontal Pod Autoscaler doesn't automatically scale the number of pods correctly ([#95647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95647), [@JoshuaAndrew](https://github.com/JoshuaAndrew)) [SIG Apps and Autoscaling]

 - Intree volume plugin scaleIO support has been completely removed from Kubernetes. ([#101685](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101685), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

- An alpha flag `--subresource` is added to get, patch, edit replace kubectl commands to fetch and update status and scale subresources. ([#99556](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99556), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

  - [beta] In order to preserve safety guarantees the cluster no longer force deletes pods on un-responsive nodes and users are now warned if they try to force delete pods via the CLI. ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/manage-stateful-set/scale-stateful-set/)) ([kubernetes/features#119](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/119))
- **Auth**

- Fixed a 1.25.12 regression where kube-controller-manager can crash when StatefulSet with Parallel policy and PVC labels is scaled up. ([#121187](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121187), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska)) [SIG Apps]

## Notable Changes to Existing Behavior

### Deployments

- ReplicaSets of paused Deployments are now scaled while the Deployment is paused. This is retroactive to existing Deployments.
- When scaling a Deployment during a rollout, the ReplicaSets of all Deployments are now scaled proportionally based on the number of replicas they each have instead of only scaling the newest ReplicaSet.

### Autoscaling

- Horizontal Pod Autoscaling can now scale targets up even when one or more metrics are invalid/unavailable, as long as one metric indicates a scale up should occur. ([#78503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78503), [@gjtempleton](https://github.com/gjtempleton))


### AWS