### Bug or Regression

  - [alpha] Introducing the v1alpha1 CRI API to allow pluggable container runtimes; an experimental docker-CRI integration is ready for testing and feedback. ([docs](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md)) ([kubernetes/features#54](https://github.com/...

		"/run/.containerenv",
	} {
		_, err = os.Stat(envfile)
		if err == nil {
			return true
		}
	}
	if osIsNotExist(err) {
		// if none of the files are present we may be running inside
		// CRI-O, Containerd etc..
		// Fallback to our container specific ENVs if they are set.
		return env.IsSet("MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_FILE")
	}

	// Log error, as we will not propagate it to caller
	internalLogIf(GlobalContext, err)

- Moved `k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cri/streaming` package to `k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/cri/streaming`. ([#118253](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118253), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG Node, Release and Security]

* If a pod has a running instance, the stats of its previously terminated instances will not show up in the kubelet summary stats any more for CRI runtimes like containerd and cri-o. ([#77426](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77426), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

- Updated the CRI-O socket path, so users who configure kubelet to use a location like `/run/crio/crio.sock` don't see strange behaviour from CRI stats provider. ([#118704](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118704), [@dgl](https://github.com/dgl))

 - Kubeadm: the flag `--cri-socket` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting the CRI socket for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.nodeRegistration.criSocket`. ([#101600](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101600), [@KofClubs](https://github.com/KofClubs))

  
  Starting with Kubernetes `v1.36`, `kubelet` might refuse to start if the CRI runtime does not support this feature. More information can be found at the [Kubernetes blog](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/12/kubernetes-v1-34-cri-cgroup-driver-lookup-now-ga/). ([#134906](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134906), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

    - [PodSecurity graduates to Beta](#podsecurity-graduates-to-beta)
    - [Container Runtime Interface (CRI) v1 is default](#container-runtime-interface-cri-v1-is-default)
    - [Structured logging graduate to Beta](#structured-logging-graduate-to-beta)

- Bumped `KubeletCgroupDriverFromCRI` to GA and add metric to track out-of-support CRI implementations. ([#133157](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133157), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander)) [SIG Node and Testing]