* Allow kubernetes components to react to SIGTERM signal and shutdown gracefully. ([#57756](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57756), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

    * faster handoff when a leader-elected process is gracefully terminated.
* Make volume binder resilient to races between main schedule loop and async binding operation  ([#72045](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72045), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Fixed a bug that init containers with `Always` restartPolicy may not terminate gracefully if the pod hasn't initialized yet. ([#125935](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125935), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node and Testing]

* changes timeout value in csi plugin from...

- Fixed a bug that init containers with `Always` restartPolicy may not terminate gracefully if the pod hasn't initialized yet. ([#126332](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126332), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node and Testing]

    inflight "^1.0.4"
    inherits "2"
    minimatch "^3.1.1"
    once "^1.3.0"
    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"

graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6, graceful-fs@^4.2.0, graceful-fs@^4.2.4, graceful-fs@^4.2.6, graceful-fs@^4.2.9:
  version "4.2.10"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.10.tgz#147d3a006da4ca3ce14728c7aefc287c367d7a6c"

              response.socket?.sink?.closeQuietly()
              response.socket?.source?.closeQuietly()
              return
            }

          // Apply the extensions. If they're unacceptable initiate a graceful shut down.
          // TODO(jwilson): Listeners should get onFailure() instead of onClosing() + onClosed(1010).
          val extensions = WebSocketExtensions.parse(response.headers)

4. **Backward Compatibility**: Must maintain compatibility with SMB2/SMB1

### Mitigation Strategies
1. Implement features behind configuration flags
2. Provide graceful fallback mechanisms
3. Extensive testing with various server configurations
4. Phased rollout with beta testing

## Resource Requirements

### Development Team

                ist.interrupt();
            }
        }
        return -1; // Indicate failure
    }

    /**
     * Timer task for destroying processes that exceed their timeout.
     * Handles graceful and forceful termination of thumbnail generation processes.
     */
    protected static class ProcessDestroyer extends TimerTask {

        /** The process to monitor and destroy. */
        private final Process p;

     * values must be between 1 and [Integer.MAX_VALUE] when converted to milliseconds.
     *
     * The close timeout is the maximum amount of time after the client calls [WebSocket.close] to
     * wait for a graceful shutdown. If the server doesn't respond the web socket will be canceled.
     * The default value is 60 seconds.
     */
    fun webSocketCloseTimeout(
      timeout: Long,
      unit: TimeUnit,