* Update the GCE windows node image to include hot fixes since July. ([#81233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81233), [@YangLu1031](https://github.com/YangLu1031))
* switch to VM Update call in attach/detach disk operation, original CreateOrUpdate call may lead to orphaned VMs or blocked resources ([#81208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81208), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

  Noteable changes:
  1. Populate new `RuntimeHandler` field in CRI's `ImageSpec` struct during image pulls from container runtimes.
  2. Pass `runtimeHandler` field in `RemoveImage()` call to container runtime in `kubelet`'s image garbage collection. ([#121456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121456), [@kiashok](https://github.com/kiashok))

- Switch to VM Update call in attach/detach disk operation, original CreateOrUpdate call may lead to orphaned VMs or blocked resources ([#81208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81208), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

      *  add "fullDisruption" mode, when all Nodes in the zone are not Ready
    * Eviction behavior depends on the mode in which NodeController is operating:
      * if the new state is "partialDisruption" or "fullDisruption" we call a user defined function that returns a new QPS to use (default 1/10 of the default rate, and the default rate respectively),
      * if the new state is "normal" we resume normal operation (go back to default limiter settings),

- Fixed panic when accessing CustomResources of a CRD with `x-kubernetes-int-or-string`. ([#83787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83787), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Fixed two regressions introduced by the PodDisruptionConditions feature (on by default in 1.26):
  - pod eviction API calls returned spurious precondition errors and required a second evict API call to succeed

* The Prometheus metrics for the kube-apiserver for tracking incoming API requests and latencies now return the subresource label for correctly attributing the type of API call. ([#46354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46354), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

* Remove broken getvolumename and pass PV or volume name to attach call ([#46249](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46249), [@chakri-nelluri](https://github.com/chakri-nelluri))

LIST calls into multiple smaller chunks. A client can specify a limit to the number of results to return. If more results exist, a token is returned that allows the client to continue the previous list call repeatedly until all results are retrieved.  The resulting list is identical to a list call that does not perform chunking, thanks to capabilities provided by etcd3.  This allows the server to use less memory and CPU when very large lists are returned. This feature is gated as APIListChunking...

calls into multiple smaller chunks.  A client can specify a limit to the number of results to return, and if more results exist a token will be returned that allows the client to continue the previous list call repeatedly until all results are retrieved.  The resulting list is identical to a list call that does not perform chunking thanks to capabilities provided by etcd3.  This allows the server to use less memory and CPU responding with very large lists.  This feature is gated as APIListChunking and...