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* During namespace deletion some controllers create event and log spam because they do not recognize namespace deletion as a terminal state. ([#84123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84123), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

  graceful shutdown (even if it's the only/last one). ([#116685](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116685), [@nayihz](https://github.com/nayihz))
- `kubeadm:` fixed a bug where the static pod changes detection logic is inconsistent
  with kubelet. ([#118069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118069), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

- Kubeadm: avoid detection of the container runtime for commands that do not need it ([#97849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97849), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added

addition, we’ve introduced a new “soft” kind of node selector that is just a
hint to the scheduler; the scheduler will try to satisfy these requests but it
does not guarantee they will be satisfied. Both the “hard” and “soft” variants

- Fix detection of image filesystem, disk metrics for devicemapper, detection of OOM Kills on 5.0+ linux kernels. ([#92919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92919), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation and Node]

  - kube-proxy addon starts to use the label `node.kubernetes.io/kube-proxy-ds-ready` instead of `beta.kubernetes.io/kube-proxy-ds-ready` as its node selector.
  - metadata-proxy addon starts to use the label `cloud.google.com/metadata-proxy-ready` instead of `beta.kubernetes.io/metadata-proxy-ready` as its node selector.

#### Storage