- Improved parsing of label selectors ([#102188](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102188), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Introduce `minReadySeconds` api to the `StatefulSets`. ([#100842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100842), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- Added readiness gates in extended output for pods ([#70775](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70775), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))
- Added `Ready` column and improve human-readable output of Deployments and StatefulSets ([#70466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70466), [@Pingan2017](https://github.com/Pingan2017))

- `kubectl rollout restart` now works for DaemonSets and StatefulSets. ([#77423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77423), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

- Kubernetes was built with Go 1.23.2. ([#128110](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128110), [@haitch](https://github.com/haitch)) [SIG Release and Testing]
- Label `apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index` added to Pod from StatefulSets is promoted to stable

    {{- print "apps/v1beta2" -}}
  {{- else -}}
    {{- print "apps/v1" -}}
  {{- end -}}
{{- end -}}

{{/*
Return the appropriate apiVersion for statefulset.
*/}}
{{- define "minio.statefulset.apiVersion" -}}
  {{- if semverCompare "<1.16-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version -}}
    {{- print "apps/v1beta2" -}}
  {{- else -}}
    {{- print "apps/v1" -}}
  {{- end -}}
{{- end -}}

- On Kubernetes setups, the statefulset specification needs to be modified by changing the command line input for the MinIO container. Once the relevant changes are done, proceed to execute `kubectl apply -f statefulset.yaml`.

*   StatefulSet controller now creates a label for each Pod in a StatefulSet. The label is `statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name`, where `pod-name` = the name of the Pod. This allows users to create a Service per Pod to expose a connection to individual Pods. ([#55329](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55329),[...

    * unlock to run at that function's completion, following the normal
    * golang lock/deferred-unlock pattern.
* Avoid creating new controller revisions for statefulsets when cache is stale ([#67039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67039), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))

- `CSIMigrationvSphere` feature is now enabled by default.
   ([#103523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103523), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
- `MaxUnavailable` for `StatefulSets`, allows faster `RollingUpdate` by taking down more than 1 pod at a time.
  The number of pods you want to take down during a `RollingUpdate` is configurable using `maxUnavailable` parameter.

* Stably sort controllerrevisions. This can prevent pods of statefulsets from continually rolling. ([#66882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66882), [@ryanmcnamara](https://github.com/ryanmcnamara))