- To avoid soft-deleted pods incorrectly affecting scale up replica count calculations, the HPA controller will stop counting soft-deleted pods for scaling purposes. ([#67067](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67067), [@moonek](https://github.com/moonek))

// has delete marker replication or delete replication (MinIO extension to allow deletes where version id
// is specified) enabled.
// Similar to bucket replication for PUT operation, soft delete (a.k.a setting delete marker) and
// permanent deletes (by specifying a version ID in the delete operation) have three states "Pending", "Complete"

- The `matchLabelKeys/mismatchLabelKeys` feature is introduced to the hard/soft `PodAffinity/PodAntiAffinity`. ([#116065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116065), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))

- Add possibility to configure controller manager to use IPv6 dual stack:
  use `--cluster-cidr="<cidr1>,<cidr2>"`.
  Notes:
  1. Only the first two CIDRs are used (soft limits for Alpha, might be lifted later on).
  2. Only the "RangeAllocator" (default) is allowed as a value for `--cidr-allocator-type`. Cloud allocators are not compatible with IPv6 dual stack

- Fixed the bug where `spec.terminationGracePeriodSeconds` of the pod will always be overwritten by the MaxPodGracePeriodSeconds of the soft eviction, you can enable the `AllowOverwriteTerminationGracePeriodSeconds` feature gate, which will restore the previous behavior.  If you do need to set this, please file an issue with the Kubernetes project to help contributors understand why you...

She is such a dear quiet thing,' Alice went on, half to herself,
as she swam lazily about in the pool, `and she sits purring so
nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face--and
she is such a nice soft thing to nurse--and she's such a capital
one for catching mice--oh, I beg your pardon!' cried Alice again,
for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt

She is such a dear quiet thing,' Alice went on, half to herself,
as she swam lazily about in the pool, `and she sits purring so
nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face--and
she is such a nice soft thing to nurse--and she's such a capital
one for catching mice--oh, I beg your pardon!' cried Alice again,
for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt

  }

  public void testSetSoftValues() {
    LocalCache<Object, Object> map = makeLocalCache(createCacheBuilder().softValues());
    checkStrength(map, Strength.STRONG, Strength.SOFT);
    assertThat(map.entryFactory).isEqualTo(EntryFactory.STRONG);
  }

  private static void checkStrength(
      LocalCache<Object, Object> map, Strength keyStrength, Strength valueStrength) {

  }

  public void testSetSoftValues() {
    LocalCache<Object, Object> map = makeLocalCache(createCacheBuilder().softValues());
    checkStrength(map, Strength.STRONG, Strength.SOFT);
    assertThat(map.entryFactory).isEqualTo(EntryFactory.STRONG);
  }

  private static void checkStrength(
      LocalCache<Object, Object> map, Strength keyStrength, Strength valueStrength) {

* Azure cloudprovider: Fix controller manager crash issue on a manually created k8s cluster. ([#53694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53694), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fix a bug where soft eviction would not trigger when the threshold was crossed ([#52046](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52046), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))