- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.22.5 ([#125898](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125898), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- NONE ([#126126](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126126), [@cji](https://github.com/cji)) [SIG Node and Windows]

- CRI: image pull per runtime class is now supported. ([#121121](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121121), [@kiashok](https://github.com/kiashok))
- Certain `requestBody` parameters in the OpenAPI `v3` are now correctly marked as required. ([#120735](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120735), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))

- NONE ([#129598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129598), [@aravindhp](https://github.com/aravindhp)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]

### Feature

* Correct env var name in configure-helper ([#33848](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33848), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))
* wait until the pods are deleted completely ([#34778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34778), [@ymqytw](https://github.com/ymqytw))

* Admit critical pods in the kubelet ([#38836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38836), [@bprashanth](https://github.com/bprashanth))
* assign -998 as the oom_score_adj for critical pods (e.g. kube-proxy) ([#39114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39114), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))

* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* fix issue that pull image failed from a cross-subscription Azure Container Registry by SP access ([#66429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66429), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Fix for Nodes in vSphere lacking an InternalIP. ([#48760](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48760)) ([#49202](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49202), [@cbonte](https://github.com/cbonte))

* fix: detach azure disk issue using dangling error ([#81266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81266), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* Moved pod affinity and anti-affinity from annotations to api fields [#25319](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25319) ([#39478](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39478), [@rrati](https://github.com/rrati))
* Add QoS pod status field ([#37968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37968), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

* Fixed API server panic during concurrent GET or LIST requests with non-empty `resourceVersion`. ([#65092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65092), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))