- Kube-apiserver: DELETECOLLECTION API requests are now recorded in metrics with the correct verb. ([#113133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113133), [@sxllwx](https://github.com/sxllwx)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Resolves non-deterministic behavior of the garbage collection controller when ownerReferences with incorrect data are encountered. Events with a reason of `OwnerRefInvalidNamespace` are recorded when namespace mismatches between child and owner objects are detected. The [kubectl-check-ownerreferences](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubectl-check-ownerreferences) tool can be run prior to upgrading to locate existing objects with invalid...

- UpdateContainerResources is no longer recorded as a `container_status` operation. It now uses the label `update_container`. ([#75278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75278), [@Nessex](https://github.com/Nessex))

  with `scheme: HTTPS` that encounter errors indicating the endpoint is actually
  using HTTP fall back to making the request over HTTP for compatibility with
  previous releases. When this happens, a `LifecycleHTTPFallback` event is recorded
  in the namespace of the pod and a `kubelet_lifecycle_handler_http_fallbacks_total`
  metric in the kubelet is incremented. Cluster administrators can opt out of the
  expanded lifecycle handler capabilities by setting

- Fixed two scheduler metrics (pending_pods and schedule_attempts_total) not being recorded ([#87692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87692), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Kubelet metrics have been changed to buckets. 

- Adds profile label to kube-scheduler metric schedule_attempts_total
  - Adds result and profile label to e2e_scheduling_duration_seconds. Times for unschedulable and error attempts are now recorded. ([#92202](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92202), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]

- Fixed two scheduler metrics (pending_pods and schedule_attempts_total) not being recorded ([#87692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87692), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace)) [SIG Scheduling]
- Kubelet metrics have been changed to buckets.