- Added support for tracing in `kubectl` with the `--profile=trace` flag. ([#134709](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134709), [@tchap](https://github.com/tchap))

- Decoupled `TaintManager` from `NodeLifeCycleController` (KEP-3902). ([#119208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119208), [@atosatto](https://github.com/atosatto))
- Enabled traces for KMSv2 encrypt/decrypt operations. ([#121095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121095), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

    assertMethodForbidsRequestBody("HEAD")
    assertMethodPermitsRequestBody("OPTIONS")
    assertMethodPermitsRequestBody("POST")
    assertMethodPermitsRequestBody("PUT")
    assertMethodPermitsRequestBody("TRACE")
    assertMethodPermitsRequestBody("PATCH")
    assertMethodPermitsNoRequestBody("GET")
    assertMethodPermitsNoRequestBody("DELETE")
    assertMethodPermitsNoRequestBody("HEAD")

HSPLandroidx/startup/AppInitializer;->doInitialize(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/util/Set;)Ljava/lang/Object;
HSPLandroidx/startup/InitializationProvider;-><init>()V
HSPLandroidx/startup/InitializationProvider;->onCreate()Z
HSPLandroidx/tracing/Trace;->isEnabled()Z
HSPLkotlin/Result$Failure;-><init>(Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
HSPLkotlin/Result;->exceptionOrNull-impl(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Throwable;

- Promoted the feature gate `HonorPVReclaimPolicy` to GA. ([#129583](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129583), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps, Storage and Testing]

- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace: v1.33.0 → v1.34.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk: v1.33.0 → v1.34.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.33.0 → v1.35.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp: v1.4.0 → v1.5.0
- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: e6fa225 → a0af3ef

- Fixes regression in logging spurious stack traces when proxied connections are closed by the backend ([#82588](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82588), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Pod termination will be faster when the pod has a missing volume reference. ([#117412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117412), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- Trace output in apiserver logs is more organized and comprehensive. Traces are nested, and for all non-long running request endpoints, the entire filter chain is instrumented (e.g. authentication check is included). ([#88936](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88936), [@jpbet...

- API Server tracing can now trace re-entrant api requests. ([#103218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103218), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Instrumentation]