- The garbage collection controller no longer raced with changes to `ownerReferences` when deleting orphaned objects. ([#132632](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132632), [@sdowell](https://github.com/sdowell)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]

* Add support for Azure internal load balancer. ([#45690](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45690), [@jdumars](https://github.com/jdumars))
* Fix `kubectl delete --cascade=false` for resources that don't have legacy overrides to orphan by default. ([#45713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45713), [@kargakis](https://github.com/kargakis))

- Kube-controller-manager: Fixes a 1.33 regression in daemonset handling of orphaned pods ([#134652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134652), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Apps]
- Kube-controller-manager: Resolves potential issues handling pods with incorrect uids in their ownerReference ([#1346

- Only declare Job as finished after removing all Pod finalizers to avoid orphan Pods ([#119163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119163), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

- Fixing a bug where a failed node may not have the NoExecute taint set correctly ([#98140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98140), [@CKchen0726](https://github.com/CKchen0726)) [SIG Apps and Node]
- Kubelet now cleans up orphaned volume directories automatically ([#95301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95301), [@lorenz](https://github.com/lorenz)) [SIG Node and Storage]