* Mediates issue [#36859](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36859). StatefulSet only acts on Pods whose identity matches the StatefulSet, providing a partial mediation for overlapping controllers.

### Taints and Tolerations

- Finished initial generic controlplane refactor of kube-apiserver, providing a sample binary building a Kubernetes-like control plane, but without container orchestration resources. ([#124530](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124530), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Cloud Provider,...

### SIG Scheduling

- Updated `kubectl describe pods` to include the involved object’s `fieldPath` (e.g., container name) in event messages, providing better context for debugging multi-container Pods. Note: This changes the previous message format for events that include a `fieldPath`. ([#133627](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133627), [@itzPranshul](https://github.com/itzPranshul))...

    * [StorageOS](http://www.storageos.com) can be used as a storage provider for Kubernetes.  With StorageOS, capacity from local or attached storage is pooled across the cluster, providing converged infrastructure for cloud-native applications.
* CRI has been moved to package `pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime`. ([#47113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47113), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

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- Fixed incorrect handling by kubectl of custom resources whose Kind is "Status". ([#77368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77368), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Report cp errors consistently, providing full message whether copying to or from a pod.  ([#77010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77010), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
- Preserved existing namespace information in manifests when running `

* Restored old behavior to the `--template` flag in `get.go`. In old releases, providing a `--template` flag value and no `--output` value implicitly assigned a default value ("go-template") to `--output`, printing using the provided template argument.

### SIG-cli

SIG CLI focused on implementing the new plugin mechanism, providing a library with common CLI tooling for plugin authors and further refactorings of the code.

### SIG-cloud-provider

* Added xfsprogs to hyperkube container image. ([#56937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56937), [@redbaron](https://github.com/redbaron))

* Improved messages user gets during and after volume resizing is done, providing a clear message to the user explaining what to do when resizing is finished. ([#58415](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58415), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))