- Pause image contains "Architecture" in non-amd64 images ([#87954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87954), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Release]
- Pods that are considered for preemption and haven't started don't produce an error log. ([#87900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87900), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

  * Mark all static pods on the Master node as critical to prevent preemption ([#47356](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47356), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

### Alpha

- You can now create a non-preempting Pod priority (NonPreemptingPriority). If set on a class, the pod will continue to be prioritized above queued pods of a lesser class, but will not preempt running pods. ([#74614](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74614), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))

    *   Added
        [`tf.distribute.experimental.PreemptionCheckpointHandler`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/distribute/experimental/PreemptionCheckpointHandler)
        to handle worker preemption/maintenance and cluster-wise consistent
        error reporting for `tf.distribute.MultiWorkerMirroredStrategy`.
        Specifically, for the type of interruption with advance notice, it