and "unreachable" using `NoExecute` taints. In combination with `tolerationSeconds` described below, this allows per-pod specification of how long to remain bound to a node that becomes unreachable or not ready, rather than using the default of 5 minutes. You can enable this alpha feature by including `TaintBasedEvictions=true` in `--feature-gates`, such as `--feature-gates=FooBar=true,TaintBasedEvictions=true`. Documentation is [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/)....

##### Cluster Autoscaler

* Cluster autoscaler is now GA
* Cluster support size is increased to 1000 nodes
* Respect graceful pod termination of up to 10 minutes
* Handle zone stock-outs and failures
* Improve monitoring and error reporting

#### Container Runtime Interface (CRI)

- Kubelet: the connection to a DRA driver became unusable because of an internal deadlock when a connection was idle for 30 minutes. ([#133934](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133934), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Node]

- Kubeadm: fixed the bug where the v1beta4 Timeouts.EtcdAPICall field was not respected in etcd client operations, and the default timeout of 2 minutes was always used. ([#129862](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129862), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* Fixes bug in DaemonSetController causing it to stop processing some DaemonSets for 5 minutes after node removal. ([#76060](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76060), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))