- ` JobTrackingWithFinalizers` enabled by default. This feature allows to keep track of the Job progress without relying on Pods staying in the apiserver.
   ([#110948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110948), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))
- `CSIMigrationAWS` upgraded to GA and locked to true.

### Deployment
* **[beta]** Deployments that cannot make progress in rolling out the newest version will now indicate via the API they are blocked ([docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/deployments/#deployment-status))

### Federation

  - [stable] `kubectl apply` is now able to delete resources you no longer need with `--prune` ([kubernetes/features#128](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/128))
  - [beta] Deployments that cannot make progress in rolling out the newest version will now indicate via the API they are blocked ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/deployments/#failed-deployment)) ([kubernetes/features#122](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/122))

* Disable proxy to loopback and linklocal ([#71980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71980), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))
* Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* Fixes spurious 0-length API responses. ([#72856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72856), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.poc.detailed-progress-report+xml"/>
  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.poc.final-report+xml"/>
  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.poc.groups+xml"/>
  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.poc.invocation-descriptor+xml"/>
  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.poc.optimized-progress-report+xml"/>
  <mime-type type="application/vnd.oma.xcap-directory+xml"/>

- Added progress tracking for volume permission and ownership changes. ([#130398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130398), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Node and Storage]

* `tf.lite`
    * Added support for `stablehlo.scatter`.

* `tf.estimator`
    * The tf.estimator API removal is in progress and will be targeted for the 2.16 release.

## Keras

- Sync node status during kubelet node shutdown.
  Adds an pod admission handler that rejects new pods when the node is in progress of shutting down. ([#98005](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98005), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]

- Fixed a bug in storage-version-migrator-controller that would cause migration attempts to fail if resources were deleted when the migration was in progress. ([#126107](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126107), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth and Testing]