- Sped up kubelet start time by executing an immediate runtime and node status update when the Kubelet sees that it has a CIDR. ([#67031](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67031), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

- Fixed `vSphere` cloud provider not to skip detach volumes from nodes at `kube-controller-startup`. ([#117243](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117243), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

- `kubelet` now emits a metric for end-to-end pod startup latency, including image pull. ([#121041](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121041), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao))
- `kubelet` now exposes latency metrics of different stages of the node startup. ([#118568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118568), [@qiutongs](https://github.com/qiutongs))

- Fixed a startup probe race condition that caused main containers to remain stuck in "Initializing" state when sidecar containers with startup probes failed initially but succeeded on restart in pods with restartPolicy=Never. ([#134800](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134800), [@yuanwang04](https://github.com/yuanwang04))...

INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
INFO:     Started reloader process [2248755] using WatchFiles
INFO:     Started server process [2248757]
INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
INFO:     Application startup complete.
```

### Refactors

- Fixed a regression in default 1.29 configurations with the `SidecarContainers` feature enabled, where init containers may fail to start due to a temporary container runtime failure. ([#126543](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126543),...

- Node affinity, Node selectors, and tolerations are now mutable for Jobs that are suspended and have never been started ([#105479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105479), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))
- Pod template annotations and labels are now mutable for Jobs that are suspended and have never been started ([#105980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105980), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

- Fixed a bug that the kubelet cannot start on BtrfS. ([#98042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98042), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node]

				updates := make(chan dataUsageCache, 1)
				defer xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
				// Start update collector.
				go func() {
					defer wg.Done()
					for info := range updates {
						mu.Lock()
						results[i] = info
						mu.Unlock()
					}
				}()
				// Start scanner. Blocks until done.
				err := erObj.nsScanner(ctx, allBuckets, wantCycle, updates, healScanMode)
				if err != nil {

With Kubernetes 1.24, the [gRPC probes functionality](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2727)
has entered beta and is available by default. You can now [configure startup, liveness, and readiness probes](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/#configure-probes) for your gRPC app
natively within Kubernetes, without exposing an HTTP endpoint or
using an extra executable.