### **Networking**
#### Network Policy
* [stable] [NetworkPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/) promoted to GA.
  * Additionally adds short name "netpol" for networkpolicies ([#42241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42241), [@xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))


#### Load Balancing

   ([#123271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123271), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

were rapidly scheduled after other pods were reported as complete in the API. The Kubelet now waits to report the phase of a pod as terminal in the API until all running containers are guaranteed to have stopped and no new containers can be started.  Short-lived pods may take slightly longer (~1s) to report Succeeded or Failed after this change. ([#108723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108723), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage)) [SIG Apps, Node and Testing]

## Dependencies...

- Fixed bug in `TopologyManager`...

- Fix instance not found issues when an Azure Node is recreated in a short time ([#93316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93316), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

     * traverse. When nodes would otherwise be changed, new nodes are created to replace them. This
     * works well for hash tables since the bin lists tend to be short. (The average length is less
     * than two.)
     *
     * Read operations can thus proceed without locking, but rely on selected uses of volatiles to

* Create now accepts the label selector flag for filtering objects to create ([#40057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40057), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
* Top now accepts short forms for "node" and "pod" ("no", "po") ([#39218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39218), [@luksa](https://github.com/luksa))

		{"enc-mp-1", []int64{5*oneMiB + 1, 10}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},
		{"enc-mp-2", []int64{5487701, 5487799, 3}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},
		{"enc-mp-3", []int64{10499807, 10499963, 7}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},
	}
	if testing.Short() {
		objectInputs = append(objectInputs[0:5], objectInputs[8:11]...)
	}
	// iterate through the above set of inputs and upload the object.
	for _, input := range objectInputs {

### Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)

ackoffManager` and `wait.NewJitteringBackoffManager` functions have been marked as deprecated.  Callers should switch to using the `Backoff{...}.DelayWithReset(clock, resetInterval)` method and must set the `Steps` field when using `Factor`. As a short term change, callers may use the `Timer()` method on the `BackoffManager` until the backoff managers are deprecated and removed. Please see the godoc of the deprecated functions for examples of how to replace usage of this function. ([#107826](htt...