- Sort runtime handlers list coming from the CRI runtime ([#135358](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135358), [@harche](https://github.com/harche)) [SIG Node]
- StatefulSets should always count `.status.availableReplicas` at the correct time without a delay. This results in faster progress of StatefulSet rollout. ([#135428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135428), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree)) [SIG Apps]

- Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix regression in statefulset conversion which prevents applying a statefulset multiple times. ([#87706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87706), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

- `kubectl rollout restart` now works for DaemonSets and StatefulSets. ([#77423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77423), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

      protocol: TCP
      targetPort: {{ .Values.minioAPIPort }}
  selector:
    app: {{ template "minio.name" . }}
    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
---
apiVersion: {{ template "minio.statefulset.apiVersion" . }}
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: {{ template "minio.fullname" . }}
  labels:
    app: {{ template "minio.name" . }}
    chart: {{ template "minio.chart" . }}
    release: {{ .Release.Name }}

- Kubernetes was built with Go 1.23.2. ([#128110](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128110), [@haitch](https://github.com/haitch)) [SIG Release and Testing]
- Label `apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index` added to Pod from StatefulSets is promoted to stable

* Stably sort controllerrevisions. This can prevent pods of statefulsets from continually rolling. ([#66882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66882), [@ryanmcnamara](https://github.com/ryanmcnamara))

- `CSIMigrationvSphere` feature is now enabled by default.
   ([#103523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103523), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
- `MaxUnavailable` for `StatefulSets`, allows faster `RollingUpdate` by taking down more than 1 pod at a time.
  The number of pods you want to take down during a `RollingUpdate` is configurable using `maxUnavailable` parameter.

*   StatefulSet controller now creates a label for each Pod in a StatefulSet. The label is `statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name`, where `pod-name` = the name of the Pod. This allows users to create a Service per Pod to expose a connection to individual Pods. ([#55329](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55329),[...

- Make STS available replicas optional again. ([#109241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109241), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))

    * unlock to run at that function's completion, following the normal
    * golang lock/deferred-unlock pattern.
* Avoid creating new controller revisions for statefulsets when cache is stale ([#67039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67039), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))