* If ExperimentalCriticalPodAnnotation=True flag gate is set, kubelet will ensure that pods with `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod` annotation will be admitted even under resource pressure, will not be evicted, and are reasonably protected from system OOMs. ([#41052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41052), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

* If ExperimentalCriticalPodAnnotation=True flag gate is set, kubelet will ensure that pods with `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod` annotation will be admitted even under resource pressure, will not be evicted, and are reasonably protected from system OOMs. ([#41052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41052), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

### Bug or Regression

     * present in the cache. Active values consist of live values, which are returned by cache
     * lookups, and dead values, which have been evicted but awaiting removal. Non-active values
     * consist strictly of loading values, though during refresh a value may be both active and
     * loading.
     */
    boolean isActive();
  }

### Bug or Regression

     * present in the cache. Active values consist of live values, which are returned by cache
     * lookups, and dead values, which have been evicted but awaiting removal. Non-active values
     * consist strictly of loading values, though during refresh a value may be both active and
     * loading.
     */
    boolean isActive();
  }

### Bug or Regression

* Add CSI Migration Shim for VerifyVolumesAreAttached and BulkVolumeVerify ([#80443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80443), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

- Fixed a bug that prevents a PersistentVolume that has a PersistentVolumeClaim UID which doesn't exist in local cache but exists in etcd from being updated to the Released phase. ([#105211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105211), [@xiaopingrubyist](https://github.com/xiaopingrubyist))

  - A namespaced object with an ownerReference referencing a uid of a namespaced kind which does not exist in the same namespace is now consistently treated as though that owner does not exist, and the child object is deleted.