The rest of this release is our highest-quality release yet. Though we continue to use the word
_alpha_ in the version name, the only unstable thing in it is some non-final APIs tagged
`@ExperimentalOkHttpApi`. You can safely use this release in production.

 *  Fix: Attempt to read the response even if sending the request failed. This makes it possible
    to handle response statuses like `HTTP/1.1 431 "Request Header Fields Too Large`.

       * directly and writing over the entry objects with non-terminal entries, but this is
       * safe; if this Builder is used further, it will grow the entries array (so it can't
       * affect the original array), and future build() calls will always copy any entry
       * objects that cannot be safely reused.
       */
      // localAlternatingKeysAndValues is an alias for the alternatingKeysAndValues field, except if

       * entries, but this is safe; if this Builder is used further, it will grow the entries array
       * (so it can't affect the original array), and future build() calls will always copy any
       * entry objects that cannot be safely reused.
       */
      switch (size) {
        case 0:
          return of();
        case 1:
          // requireNonNull is safe because the first `size` elements have been filled in.

   *
   * <p>As long as there are applications that assume that all IP addresses are IPv4 addresses and
   * can therefore be converted safely to integers (for whatever purpose) this function can be used
   * to handle IPv6 addresses as well until the application is suitably fixed.
   *

  - [beta] PodDisruptionBudget has been promoted to beta, can be used to safely drain nodes while respecting application SLO's ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node/)) ([kubernetes/features#85](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/85))
- **UI**

      * In 1.4, either that key or this key: `pods.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers`,can be used.
    * When you GET an object, you will see both annotation keys with the same values.
      You can safely roll back from 1.4 to 1.3, and things with init-containers
      will still work (pods, deployments, etc).
    * If you are running 1.3, only use the alpha annotation, or it may be lost when
      rolling forward.

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A helper which does some thread-safe operations for aggregate futures, which must be implemented
 * differently in GWT. Namely:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Lazily initializes a set of seen exceptions
 *   <li>Decrements a counter atomically
 * </ul>
 */
@GwtCompatible

- **Bean introspection** - The comprehensive `BeanDesc` system provides metadata about JavaBeans, accessed through `BeanDescFactory.getBeanDesc(Class)`
- **Type safety** - Extensive use of generics and null-safe operations throughout the API
- **Resource management** - Proper handling of resources with utilities like `CloseableUtil` and `DisposableUtil`

### Key Architectural Patterns

            return entryIterator.hasNext();
          }

          @Override
          public K next() {
            Entry<K, V> entry = entryIterator.next(); // store local reference for thread-safety
            cacheEntry = entry;
            return entry.getKey();
          }
        };
      }

      @Override
      public int size() {
        return backingMap.size();
      }

* Fix a bug in apiserver that could cause a valid update request to be rejected with a precondition check failure. ([#82303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82303), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))
* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))