- Fixed incorrect handling by kubectl of custom resources whose Kind is "Status". ([#77368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77368), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Report cp errors consistently, providing full message whether copying to or from a pod.  ([#77010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77010), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
- Preserved existing namespace information in manifests when running `

* Added xfsprogs to hyperkube container image. ([#56937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56937), [@redbaron](https://github.com/redbaron))

* Improved messages user gets during and after volume resizing is done, providing a clear message to the user explaining what to do when resizing is finished. ([#58415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58415), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* Restored old behavior to the `--template` flag in `get.go`. In old releases, providing a `--template` flag value and no `--output` value implicitly assigned a default value ("go-template") to `--output`, printing using the provided template argument.

### SIG-cli

SIG CLI focused on implementing the new plugin mechanism, providing a library with common CLI tooling for plugin authors and further refactorings of the code.

### SIG-cloud-provider

* kubectl could scale custom resource again ([#81342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81342), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42))
* a CSI driver that supports ephemeral inline volumes must explicitly declare that by providing a CSIDriver object where the new "mode" field is set to "ephemeral" or "persistent+ephemeral" ([#80568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80568), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

## Changelog since v1.28.9

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fixed PersistentolumeLabel providing wrong topology labels to Azure Disk PersistentVolumes when the external Azure cloud provider is used. ([#124528](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124528), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Cloud Provider]