- Fixed [121094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121094) by re-introducing the readiness predicate for `externalTrafficPolicy: Local` services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

- Introducing new semantic for metric `volume_operation_total_seconds` to be the end to end latency of volume provisioning/deletion. Existing metric "storage_operation_duration_seconds" will remain untouched, however it is exposed to the following potential issues:...

- Introduce `minReadySeconds` api to the `StatefulSets`. ([#100842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100842), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

- Kubernetes is now built with Go 1.20.11 ([#121811](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121811), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Fix 121094 by re-introducing the readiness predicate for externalTrafficPolicy: Local services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]

### SIG Scheduling

[SIG Scheduling][] is responsible for generic scheduler and scheduling components.

For the 1.8 release, SIG Scheduling extended the concept of cluster sharing by introducing
pod priority and pod preemption. These features allow mixing various types of workloads in a single cluster, and help reach
higher levels of resource utilization and availability.

[SIG Storage](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-storage) is responsible for storage and volume plugin components.

        * [Using FastAPI with Django](https://www.stavros.io/posts/fastapi-with-django/)  by [Stavros Korokithakis](https://x.com/Stavros).
        * [Introducing Dispatch](https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-dispatch-da4b8a2a8072) by [Netflix](https://netflixtechblog.com/).
    * **Podcasts**:

In-tree cloud provider bug fixes and improvements included:
- Adding initial Zones support to the provider using vSphere Tags
- Improving the testing harness for the cloud provider by introducing vcsim for automated testing
- Fixing a bug that was preventing updates from 1.10 to 1.11

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- Kubernetes is now built with Go 1.20.11 ([#121812](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121812), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Fix 121094 by re-introducing the readiness predicate for externalTrafficPolicy: Local services. ([#121116](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121116), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]