[#53356](https://issue.k8s.io/53356#issuecomment-333748618).

* A performance issue was identified in large-scale clusters when deleting thousands of pods simultaneously across hundreds of nodes. Kubelets in this scenario can encounter temporarily increased latency of `delete pod` API calls -- above the target service level objective of 1 second. If you run clusters with this usage pattern and if pod deletion latency could be an issue for you, you might want to wait until the issue is resolved...

  - The deprecated, legacy behavior of treating the CommonName field on X.509 serving certificates as a host name when no Subject Alternative Names are present is now disabled by default. It can be temporarily re-enabled by adding the value x509ignoreCN=0 to the GODEBUG environment variable. ([#93264](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93264), [@justaugustus](https://github.com/justaugustus)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster...

### Bug or Regression

- Fix the bug where PodIP field is temporarily removed for a terminal pod ([#125404](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125404), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Node and Testing]