- E2e tests wait for `kube-root-ca.crt` to be populated in namespaces for use with projected service account tokens, reducing delays starting those test pods and errors in the logs. ([#107763](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107763), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

For the 1.8 release, SIG Cluster Lifecycle continued to focus on expanding the
capabilities of kubeadm, which is both a user-facing tool to manage clusters
and a building block for higher-level provisioning systems. Starting
with the 1.8 release, kubeadm supports a new upgrade command and includes alpha
support for self hosting the cluster control plane.

* Fix a bug that preempting a pod may block forever. ([#65987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65987), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))
* Reload systemd config files before starting kubelet. ([#65702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65702), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

   ([#123412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123412), [@tenzen-y](https://github.com/tenzen-y))
- Added the `CEL` library for IP Addresses and CIDRs. This was made available for use starting from version `1.31`.
   ([#121912](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121912), [@JoelSpeed](https://github.com/JoelSpeed))

- E2e tests wait for kube-root-ca.crt to be populated in namespaces for use with projected service account tokens, reducing delays starting those test pods and errors in the logs. ([#108860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108860), [@eddiezane](https://github.com/eddiezane)) [SIG Testing]

- Update the Event series starting count when emitting isomorphic events from 1 to 2. ([#119375](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119375), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

## Dependencies

**Note**: have in mind that the Pydantic team already stopped supporting Pydantic v1 for recent versions of Python, starting with Python 3.14.

You can read in the docs more about how to [Migrate from Pydantic v1 to Pydantic v2](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/how-to/migrate-from-pydantic-v1-to-pydantic-v2/).

### Features