- GCE: bumped COS image version to `cos-beta-73-11647-64-0` ([#75149](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75149), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
- Added alpha support for ephemeral CSI inline volumes that are embedded in pod specs. ([#74086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74086), [@vladimirvivien](https://github.com/vladimirvivien))

- Fixed a bug where adding an ephemeral container to a pod which references a new secret or config map doesn't give the pod access to that new secret or config map. (#114984, @cslink) ([#129670](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129670), [@cslink](https://github.com/cslink))...

- client-go discovery clients constructed using `NewDiscoveryClientForConfig` or `NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie` default to rate limits that cause...

namespace propagation” feature to GA, moving the Kubelet plugin registration mechanism to beta, adding alpha support for a new CSI driver registry as well as for topology, and adding a number of alpha features to support the use of CSI for “local ephemeral volumes” (that is, volumes that exist for the lifecycle of a pod and contain some injected information, like a token or secret).

With Kubernetes v1.12, SIG Storage also introduced alpha support for [volume snapshotting](https://gith...

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using containers, init containers, and ephemeral containers with the envFrom field populated.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.29.0 - v1.29.3
  - kube-apiserver v1.28.0 - v1.28.8
  - kube-apiserver <= v1.27.12

**Fixed Versions**:

- Fixed a bug where `podCIDR` was released before node was deleted. ([#128305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128305), [@adrianmoisey](https://github.com/adrianmoisey)) [SIG Apps and Network]
- Fixed a bug where the kubelet ephemerally failed with `failed to initialize top level QOS containers: root container [kubepods] doesn't exist`, due to the cpuset cgroup being deleted on cgroup v2 with systemd cgroup manager.