- resource.k8s.io/ResourceClaim (alpha API): The strategic merge patch strategy for the `status.reservedFor` array was changed so that a strategic-merge-patch can now add individual entries. This change may break clients using strategic merge patch to update status, which rely on the previous behavior (replacing the entire array).

- A new API server flag `--encryption-provider-config-automatic-reload` was added to control when the encryption config should be automatically reloaded without needing to restart the server.  All KMS plugins are now merged into a single healthz check at `/healthz/kms-providers` when reload is enabled, or when only KMS v2 plugins are used. ([#113529](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113529), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

* Fix some false negatives in detection of meaningful conflicts during strategic merge patch with maps and lists. ([#43469](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43469), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

- `MergeDefaultEvictionSettings` indicates that defaults for the evictionHard, evictionSoft, evictionSoftGracePeriod, and evictionMinimumReclaim fields should be merged into values specified for those fields in this configuration. Signals specified in this configuration take precedence. Signals not specified in this configuration inherit their defaults. ([#127577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127577),...

  joining `etcd` members is now enabled by default. ([#120228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120228), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- Enhanced discovery response to support merged API groups/resources from all peer apiservers when UnknownVersionInteroperabilityProxy feature is enabled ([#133648](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133648), [@richabanker](https://github.com/richabanker)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Cloud...

* Fix strategic patch for list of primitive type with merge sementic ([#35647](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35647), [@ymqytw](https://github.com/ymqytw))

Additional Annotations for the Kubernetes Job customCommandJob customCommandJob: securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 resources: requests: memory: 128Mi # Command to run after the main command on exit exitCommand: "" ## Merge jobs postJob: podAnnotations: {} annotations: {} securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 nodeSelector: {} tolerations: [] affinity: {} ## Use this field to add environment variables relevant to MinIO server. These...

Additional Annotations for the Kubernetes Job customCommandJob customCommandJob: securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 resources: requests: memory: 128Mi # Command to run after the main command on exit exitCommand: "" ## Merge jobs postJob: podAnnotations: {} annotations: {} securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 nodeSelector: {} tolerations: [] affinity: {} ## Use this field to add environment variables relevant to MinIO server. These...

Additional Annotations for the Kubernetes Job customCommandJob customCommandJob: securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 resources: requests: memory: 128Mi # Command to run after the main command on exit exitCommand: "" ## Merge jobs postJob: podAnnotations: {} annotations: {} securityContext: enabled: false runAsUser: 1000 runAsGroup: 1000 fsGroup: 1000 nodeSelector: {} tolerations: [] affinity: {} ## Use this field to add environment variables relevant to MinIO server. These...