### Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)

The `GracefulNodeShutdown` feature is now in Alpha. This allows kubelet to be aware of node system shutdowns, enabling graceful termination of pods during a system shutdown. This feature can be [enabled through feature gate](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/architecture/nodes/#graceful-node-shutdown).

### Runtime log sanitation

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- util/initsystem: Added support for the OpenRC init system ([#73101](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73101), [@oz123](https://github.com/oz123))

- Migrated the `volumebinding scheduler plugins` to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#116803](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116803), [@mengjiao-...

- github.com/coreos/bbolt: [v1.3.2](https://github.com/coreos/bbolt/tree/v1.3.2)
- github.com/coreos/etcd: [v3.3.13+incompatible](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/tree/v3.3.13)
- github.com/coreos/go-systemd: [95778df](https://github.com/coreos/go-systemd/tree/95778df)
- github.com/coreos/pkg: [399ea9e](https://github.com/coreos/pkg/tree/399ea9e)
- github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go: [v3.2.0+incompatible](https://github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/tree/v3.2.0)

With CSI the Kubernetes volume layer becomes truly extensible, allowing third party storage developers to write drivers making their storage systems available in Kubernetes without having to touch the core code.

CSI was first introduction as alpha in Kubernetes v1.9 and moved to beta in Kubernetes v1.10.

*   [alpha] Raw block volumes
    *   Support for surfacing volumes as raw block devices added to Kubernetes storage system.
    *   Only Fibre Channel volume plugin supports exposes this functionality, in this release.
*   [alpha] Volume resizing
    *   Added file system resizing for the following volume plugins: GCE PD, Ceph RBD, AWS EBS, OpenStack Cinder
*   [alpha] Topology Aware Volume Scheduling

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<h2 id="System_considerations">System considerations</h2>

<h3 id="Package_unsafe">Package <code>unsafe</code></h3>

<p>
The built-in package <code>unsafe</code>, known to the compiler
and accessible through the <a href="#Import_declarations">import path</a> <code>"unsafe"</code>,
provides facilities for low-level programming including operations
that violate the type system. A package using <code>unsafe</code>

### Serverside Apply - Beta 2

### Bug or Regression

- Bump system-validators to v1.9.2: remove version-specific cgroup kernel config checks to avoid false failures on cgroup v2 systems when v1-only configs are missing. ([#134086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134086), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]