* Never prevent deletion of resources as part of namespace lifecycle ([#48733](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48733), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kubectl: Fix bug that showed terminated/evicted pods even without `--show-all`. ([#48786](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48786), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))

   * includes exceptional exits, so all control paths involving signalling must be protected by a
   * finally block.
   *
   * Further optimizations of this algorithm become increasingly subtle. A wait that terminates
   * without the guard being satisfied (due to timeout, but not interrupt) can then immediately exit
   * the monitor without signalling. If it timed out without being signalled, it does not need to

- Fixes regression in 1.25.10 causing running pods with devices to be terminated if kubelet is restarted ([#119707](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119707), [@ffromani](https://github.com/ffromani)) [SIG Node and Testing]

#### **Other**

*   Pod addresses will now be removed from the list of endpoints when the pod is in graceful termination. ([#54828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54828),[ @freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

- kubeadm: ensure that Pods from the upgrade preflight check `CreateJob` are properly terminated after a timeout. ([#127333](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127333), [@yuyabee](https://github.com/yuyabee)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Fix the regression with the slow pods termination. Before this fix pods may take an additional time to terminate - up to one minute. Reversing the change that ensured that CNI resources cleaned up when the pod is removed on API server. ([#97980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97980), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https:...

- Fix the regression with the slow pods termination. Before this fix pods may take an additional time to terminate - up to one minute. Reversing the change that ensured that CNI resources cleaned up when the pod is removed on API server. ([#97980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97980), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https:...

* Fix race condition introduced by graceful termination which can lead to a deadlock in kube-proxy ([#72361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72361), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

- Fixed a bug in the single-numa-policy of the TopologyManager. Previously, best-effort pods would result in a terminated state with a TopologyAffinity error. Now they will run as expected. ([#83777](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83777), [@lmdaly](https://github.com/lmdaly))

- Kubelet no longer reports terminated container metrics from cAdvisor ([#112963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112963), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage)) [SIG Node]