* Since `kubernetes.tar.gz` no longer includes client or server binaries, `cluster/kube-{up,down,push}.sh` now automatically download released binaries if they are missing. ([#38730](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38730), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))

  - A server-side apply request that makes unrelated changes to an object which has duplicate items in a keyed list no longer fails, and leaves the existing duplicate items as-is.

    *   Federation-specific behavior will no longer be included in kubectl
    *   kubefed will no longer be released as part of Kubernetes
    *   The Federation servers will no longer be included in the hyperkube binary and image. ([#53816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53816),[ @marun](https://github.com/marun))

ion ` to validate if the installed container runtime supports the RuntimeConfig gRPC method. If the container runtime does not support the RuntimeConfig gRPC method, kubeadm will print a warning message. 
  
  Once Kubernetes 1.36 is released, the kubelet might refuse to start if the CRI runtime does not support this feature. More information can be found in https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/12/kubernetes-v1-34-cri-cgroup-driver-lookup-now-ga/. ([#134906](https://github.com/kubernet...

- Fix the code is leaking the defaulting between unrelated pod instances. ([#103284](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103284), [@kebe7jun](https://github.com/kebe7jun)) [SIG CLI]

- Fixed bug where providing a FieldPath to a CRD Validation Rule would erroneously affect the reported field path of other unrelated CRD Validation Rules on the same schema. ([#123475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123475), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski))

- Fixed a bug that prevents a PersistentVolume that has a PersistentVolumeClaim UID which doesn't exist in local cache but exists in etcd from being updated to the Released phase. ([#105211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105211), [@xiaopingrubyist](https://github.com/xiaopingrubyist))

- Updated distroless iptables to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/distroless-iptables:v0.2.4` ([#117746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117746), [@xmudrii](https://github.com/xmudrii)) [SIG Testing]

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