* PodReadinessGate feature is now GA. The feature gate will not allow disabling it. ([#74434](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74434), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

evicts pods from nodes in preparation for disruptive operations like kernel
upgrades or maintenance.
     * Custom Metrics for Autoscaling (HorizontalPodAutoscaler API in the Autoscaling
API group): The Horizontal Pod Autoscaling feature now supports custom metrics
(Alpha), allowing you to specify application-level metrics and thresholds to
trigger scaling up and down the number of pods in your application.

## **Notable Features**

Features for this release were tracked via the use of the [kubernetes/features](https://github.com/kubernetes/features) issues repo. Each Feature issue is owned by a Special Interest Group from [kubernetes/community](https://github.com/kubernetes/community)

* Introducing ScheduledJobs as described in [the proposal](docs/proposals/scheduledjob.md) as part of `batch/v2alpha1` version (experimental feature). ([#24970](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24970), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))