- The Pod API field `.spec.schedulingGates[*].name` now requires qualified names (like `example.com/mygate`), matching validation for names of `.spec.readinessGates[*].name`. Any uses of the alpha scheduling gate feature prior to 1.27 that do not match that validation must be renamed or deleted before upgrading to 1.27. ([#115821](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115821), [@lianghao208](htt...

- Added `UserNamespacesPodSecurityStandards` feature gate to enable user namespace support for Pod Security Standards.
  Enabling this feature will modify all Pod Security Standard rules to allow setting: `spec[.*].securityContext.[runAsNonRoot,runAsUser]`.
  This feature gate should only be enabled if all nodes in the cluster support the user namespace feature and have it enabled.

  /**
   * Discouraged synonym for {@link #compareFalseFirst}.
   *
   * @deprecated Use {@link #compareFalseFirst}; or, if the parameters passed are being either
   *     negated or reversed, undo the negation or reversal and use {@link #compareTrueFirst}.
   * @since 19.0
   */
  @InlineMe(replacement = "this.compareFalseFirst(left, right)")
  @Deprecated

- Added a new `FileKeyRef` field to containers, allowing them to load variables from files by setting this field.
  

   *   <li>If the first character was a high surrogate value, then an attempt is made to read the
   *       next character.
   *       <ol>
   *         <li><b>If the end of the sequence was reached, the negated value of the trailing high
   *             surrogate is returned.</b>
   *         <li><b>If the next character was a valid low surrogate, the code point value of the
   *             high/low surrogate pair is returned.</b>

   *   <li>If the first character was a high surrogate value, then an attempt is made to read the
   *       next character.
   *       <ol>
   *         <li><b>If the end of the sequence was reached, the negated value of the trailing high
   *             surrogate is returned.</b>
   *         <li><b>If the next character was a valid low surrogate, the code point value of the
   *             high/low surrogate pair is returned.</b>

        Before new features get added to Guava, we really want to be sure that it's for a use case
        that actually comes up in the real world. We want to hear the real-world use case so the
        community can discuss and debate whether this feature is actually the *best* way to address
        the real use case, or whether or not a different abstraction might be more appropriate.

- Marked the feature gate `ExperimentalHostUserNamespaceDefaulting` as deprecated.
  Enabling the feature gate already had no effect; the deprecation allows for removing the feature gate in a future release. ([#116723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116723), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

    - [<code>CSIMigrationvSphere</code> feature gate has not migrated to new CRD APIs](#csimigrationvsphere-feature-gate-has-not-migrated-to-new-crd-apis)

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