- Garbage collector now can correctly orphan ControllerRevisions when StatefulSets are deleted with orphan propagation policy. ([#84984](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84984), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc)) [SIG Apps]

* Fixes an issue with stuck connections handling error responses ([#71419](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71419), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Ensure orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

### SIG Azure

- Ensured orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* fix azure disk attachment error on Linux ([#70002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70002), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Ensure orphan public IPs on Azure deleted when service recreated with the same name. ([#70463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Fixes an issue that can result in namespaced custom resources being orphaned when their namespace is deleted, if the CRD defining the custom resource is removed concurrently with namespaces being deleted, then recreated. ([#93790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93790), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))...

- Fixes an issue that can result in namespaced custom resources being orphaned when their namespace is deleted, if the CRD defining the custom resource is removed concurrently with namespaces being deleted, then recreated. ([#93790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93790), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))...

- Only declare Job as finished after removing all Pod finalizers to avoid orphan Pods ([#119160](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119160), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

    * This eliminates the race conditions between the pod creation loop and the orphaned volumes loops. It also removes the unmount/detach from the `syncPod()` path so volume clean up never blocks the `syncPod` loop.



# v1.3.0-beta.1

- Add foreground cascading deletion to kubectl with the new `kubectl delete foreground|background|orphan` option. ([#93384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93384), [@zhouya0](https://github.com/zhouya0))

* Fixed panic when accessing CustomResources of a CRD with x-kubernetes-int-or-string. ([#83790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83790), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* Update Azure load balancer to prevent orphaned public IP addresses ([#82890](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82890), [@chewong](https://github.com/chewong))