### Documentation

- Enhanced clarity in error messaging when waiting for volume creation ([#118262](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118262), [@torredil](https://github.com/torredil)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

### Failing Test

    - [Container Images](#container-images-9)
  - [Changelog since v1.27.6](#changelog-since-v1276)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-9)
    - [Feature](#feature-8)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-9)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-3)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-9)
    - [Added](#added-9)
    - [Changed](#changed-9)

* Implement graceful shutdown of the kube-apiserver by waiting for open connections to finish before exiting. Moreover, the audit backend will stop dropping events on shutdown. ([#53695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53695), [@hzxuzhonghu](https://github.com/hzxuzhonghu))

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the server to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the server to abort the startup.

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kubelet`:

  * `api-servers` - add apiserver addresses to the kubeconfig file instead.

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the kubelet to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the kubelet to abort the startup.

  - The `--experimental-encryption-provider-config` flag is deprecated in favor of `--encryption-provider-config`. The old flag is accepted with a warning but will be removed in 1.14. ([#71206](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71206),...

- Added a warning log, an event for cgroup v1 usage and a metric for cgroup version. ([#125328](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125328), [@harche](https://github.com/harche))
- Added apiserver.latency.k8s.io/apf-queue-wait annotation to the audit log

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* Set an upper bound (5 minutes) on how long the Kubelet will wait before exiting when the client cert from disk is missing or invalid. This prevents the Kubelet from waiting forever without attempting to bootstrap a new client credentials. ([#59316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59316), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

    - TaintTolerations to 3 - as leveraging node tainting to group nodes in the cluster is becoming a widely-adopted practice
    - NodeAffinity to 2
    - InterPodAffinity to 2
  
  - Won't have HealthzBindAddress, MetricsBindAddress fields (#104251, @ravisantoshgudimetla) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-8)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
    - [Documentation](#documentation)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-8)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-2)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-8)
    - [Added](#added-8)
    - [Changed](#changed-8)