* Do not remove shutdown nodes from api-server for vSphere. ([#70291](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70291), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
    * Fixes volume detach from shutdown nodes.

- Fix endpoint reconciler not being able to delete the apiserver lease on shutdown ([#114137](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114137), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fix /readyz to return error immediately after a shutdown is initiated, before the --shutdown-delay-duration has elapsed. ([#88953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88953), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

- 'Kubelet added the following Pod failure conditions:
  - `DisruptionTarget` (graceful node shutdown, node pressure eviction)' ([#112360](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112360), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo))
- 'Priority and Fairness has introduced a new feature called _borrowing_ that allows an API priority level

- Fix /readyz to return error immediately after a shutdown is initiated, before the --shutdown-delay-duration has elapsed. ([#88911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88911), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

  - `disable-force-detach` (defaults to `false`): Prevent force detaching volumes based on maximum unmount time and node status. If enabled, the non-graceful node shutdown feature must be used to recover from node failure (see https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/16/kubernetes-1-28-non-graceful-node-shutdown-ga/). If enabled and a pod must be forcibly terminated at the risk of corruption, then the appropriate VolumeAttachment object (see here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/ku...

- Fixed graceful apiserver shutdown to not drop outgoing bytes before the process terminates. ([#72970](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72970), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

### Apps

- Moved `non-graceful node` shutdown to GA. ([#118228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118228), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

- Promoted Linux node pressure stall information (PSI) metrics to beta. ([#132822](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132822), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]
- Promoted Windows graceful shutdown feature from alpha to beta. ([#133062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133062), [@zylxjtu](https://github.com/zylxjtu))

- Fixed an error with stuck informers when an etcd watch receives update or delete events with missing data. ([#76675](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76675), [@ryanmcnamara](https://github.com/ryanmcnamara))
- `DelayingQueue.ShutDown()` can now be invoked multiple times without causing a closed channel panic. ([#77170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77170), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))