- Set `PodMaxUnschedulableQDuration` as 5 min. ([#108761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108761), [@denkensk](https://github.com/denkensk))
- Support in-tree PV deletion protection finalizer. ([#108400](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108400), [@deepakkinni](https://github.com/deepakkinni))

  
  With this patch, the external provisioner can remove the finalizer in next reconcile loop. Unfortunately if the provious existing pv has the Failed state, this patch won't take effort. It requires users to remove finalizer. ([#126045](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126045), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

- `metadata.deletionTimestamp` is no longer moved into the future when issuing repeated DELETE requests against a resource containing a finalizer. ([#73138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73138), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  public void testAwait_countDownLatch() {
    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    Object unused =
        new Object() {
          @SuppressWarnings({"removal", "Finalize"}) // b/260137033
          @Override
          protected void finalize() {
            latch.countDown();
          }
        };
    unused = null; // Hint to the JIT that unused is unreachable
    GcFinalization.await(latch);

        state["/async_raise"] = "asyncgen raise finalized"


def generator_state_try(state: Dict[str, str] = Depends(get_state)):
    state["/sync_raise"] = "generator raise started"
    try:
        yield state["/sync_raise"]
    except SyncDependencyError:
        errors.append("/sync_raise")
        raise
    finally:
        state["/sync_raise"] = "generator raise finalized"

- Finalizer Protection for Service LoadBalancers (ServiceLoadBalancerFinalizer) has been added as an Alpha feature, which is disabled by default. This feature ensures the Service resource is not fully deleted until the correlating load balancer resources are...

  public void testAwait_countDownLatch() {
    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    Object unused =
        new Object() {
          @SuppressWarnings({"removal", "Finalize"}) // b/260137033
          @Override
          protected void finalize() {
            latch.countDown();
          }
        };
    unused = null; // Hint to the JIT that unused is unreachable
    GcFinalization.await(latch);

    }

    public String getFileContents(File file, String encoding) throws IOException {
        return FileUtils.fileRead(file, encoding);
    }

    protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
        maybeWarnAboutCleanUp();

        super.finalize();
    }

    public File createFile(String filename, String content, String encoding) throws IOException {
        File dir = createTempDir();

            throw new RuntimeCIFSException("Usage count dropped below zero");
        }
    }


    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#finalize()
     */
    @Override
    protected void finalize () throws Throwable {
        if ( this.usageCount.get() != 0 ) {
            log.warn("Tree handle was not properly released " + this.resourceLoc.getURL());
        }
    }

    write(out, data, 0, 100, true);
    final File file = out.getFile();
    assertEquals(100, file.length());
    assertTrue(file.exists());
    out.close();

    // Make sure that finalize deletes the file
    out = null;

    // times out and throws RuntimeException on failure
    GcFinalization.awaitDone(
        new GcFinalization.FinalizationPredicate() {
          @Override