- The feature gate `LegacyServiceAccountTokenTracking` (GA since 1.28) is now removed because the feature is unconditionally enabled. ([#122409](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122409), [@Rei1010](https://github.com/Rei1010))...

* Increase request timeout based on termination grace period ([#31275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31275), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
* Fixed two issues of kubectl bash completion. ([#31135](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31135), [@xingzhou](https://github.com/xingzhou))

- hyperkube
  - The `--make-symlinks` flag is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ([#74975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74975), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
- API

- CVE-2023-27561 CVE-2023-25809 CVE-2023-28642: Bump fix runc v1.1.4 -> v1.1.5
  - Fixed cgroup removal error when using runc binary >= 1.1.6 ([#117691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117691), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation, Node and Storage]

- Introduced new apiserver metric `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_seats`. This metric is analogous to `apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_requests`, but tracks the total number of seats, as each request can take more than...

* Increase request timeout based on termination grace period ([#31275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31275), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
* Skip safe to detach check if node API object no longer exists ([#30737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30737), [@saad-ali](https://github.com/saad-ali))