- `apiserver_encryption_config_controller_automatic_reload_success_total`: Total number of successful automatic reloads of encryption configuration.
  - `apiserver_encryption_config_controller_automatic_reload_last_timestamp_seconds`: Timestamp of the last successful or failed automatic reload of encryption configuration.
  

  
  - `apiserver_authentication_config_controller_last_config_info` metric after successfully loading the authentication configuration file.
  - `apiserver_authorization_config_controller_last_config_info` metric after successfully loading the authorization configuration file.

* Federated secret controller ([#30669](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30669), [@kshafiee](https://github.com/kshafiee))
* Add Events for operation_executor to show status of mounts, failed/successful to show in describe events ([#27778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27778), [@screeley44](https://github.com/screeley44))

    /* Don't bother to edit this. Everthing within the interface
     * block is automatically generated from the ntstatus package.
     */

    /** The operation completed successfully */
    int NT_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0x00000000;
    /** The requested operation was unsuccessful */
    int NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL = 0xC0000001;
    /** The requested operation is not implemented */
    int NT_STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED = 0xC0000002;

public interface NtStatus {

    /*
     * Don't bother to edit this. Everything within the interface
     * block is automatically generated from the ntstatus package.
     */

    /** The operation completed successfully */
    int NT_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0x00000000;
    /** The request is pending */
    int NT_STATUS_PENDING = 0x00000103;
    /** A notify change request is being completed and information is being returned */

### CronJob
* Add configurable limits to CronJob resource to specify how many successful and failed jobs are preserved. ([#40932](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40932), [@peay](https://github.com/peay))

### DaemonSet

- Fixed `kubectl exec` usage string to correctly reflect flag placement. ([#77589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77589), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
- Fixed `kubectl describe cronjobs` error of `Successful Job History Limit`. ([#77347](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77347), [@danielqsj](https://github.com/danielqsj))

* PodSecurityPolicies can now specify a whitelist of allowed paths for host volumes. ([#50212](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50212), [@jhorwit2](https://github.com/jhorwit2))

* API server authentication now caches successful bearer token authentication results for a few seconds. ([#50258](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50258), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

        assertNotNull(queryBuilder);
        assertTrue(queryBuilder instanceof WildcardQueryBuilder);

        // Query was processed successfully

        // Query was processed successfully
        WildcardQueryBuilder wqb = (WildcardQueryBuilder) queryBuilder;
        assertEquals("title", wqb.fieldName());
    }

    }

    // Happy path: message + cause constructor should chain cause and set unsuccessful status
    @ParameterizedTest
    @NullSource
    @ValueSource(strings = { "", "error", "detailed message" })
    @DisplayName("Message+Cause ctor: propagates message/cause and unsuccessful status")