- kubeadm: make sure the extra environment variables written to a kubeadm managed PodSpec are sorted alpha-numerically by the environment variable name. ([#126743](https://github....

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- Kubelet: the metric process_start_time_seconds be marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#85446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85446), [@RainbowMango](https://github.com/RainbowMango)) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation and Node]

 - The metric `storage_operation_errors_total` is not removed, but is marked deprecated, and the metric `storage_operation_status_count` is marked deprecated. In both cases the `storage_operation_duration_seconds` metric can be used to recover equivalent counts (using `status=fail-unknown` in the case of `storage_operations_errors_total`). ([#99045](https:...

- The mount-utils mounter now provides an...

- kube-proxy metrics are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#81626](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81626), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

- The Kubelet's `--experimental-allocatable-ignore-eviction` option is now marked as deprecated. ([#91578](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91578), [@knabben](https://github.com/knabben)) [SIG Node]

  "corednsdeployment+json.json"). This makes it possible to apply custom patches
  to coredns deployment during "init" and "upgrade".' ([#124820](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124820), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- 'kubeadm: marked the flag "--experimental-output'' as deprecated (it will

- Terminated Pods on a node will not be re-admitted on kubelet restart. This fixes the problem of Completed Pods awaiting for the finalizer marked as Failed after the kubelet restart. ([#127208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127208), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Extended resources backed by DRA feature allowed cluster operator to specify `extendedResourceName` in `DeviceClass`, and application operator to continue using extended resources in pod's requests to request for DRA devices matching the DeviceClass.