cluster for this to work. If you'd rather use `emptyDir`, disable PersistentVolumeClai by: ```bash helm install --set persistence.enabled=false minio/minio ``` > *"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."* Existing PersistentVolumeClai ---------- If a Persistent Volume Claim already exists, specify it during installation....

* StatefulSets now include an alpha scaling feature accessible by setting the `spec.podManagementPolicy` field to `Parallel`.  The controller will not wait for pods to be ready before adding the other pods, and will replace deleted pods as needed.  Since parallel scaling creates pods out of order, you cannot depend on predictable membership changes within your set. ([#44899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44899), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))...

### Pod Hostname as FQDN graduates to Beta

Previously introduced in 1.19 behind a feature gate, `SetHostnameAsFQDN` is now enabled by default. More details on this behavior are available in [documentation for DNS for Services and Pods](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/services-networking/dns-pod-service/#pod-sethostnameasfqdn-field)

    * To avoid that negative effect only use per pod metrics from pods that are:
    * - ready (so metrics about them should be valid), or

cluster for this to work. If you'd rather use `emptyDir`, disable PersistentVolumeClai by: ```bash helm install --set persistence.enabled=false minio/minio ``` > *"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."* Existing PersistentVolumeClai ---------- If a Persistent Volume Claim already exists, specify it during installation....

cluster for this to work. If you'd rather use `emptyDir`, disable PersistentVolumeClai by: ```bash helm install --set persistence.enabled=false minio/minio ``` > *"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."* Existing PersistentVolumeClai ---------- If a Persistent Volume Claim already exists, specify it during installation....

cluster for this to work. If you'd rather use `emptyDir`, disable PersistentVolumeClai by: ```bash helm install --set persistence.enabled=false minio/minio ``` > *"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."* Existing PersistentVolumeClai ---------- If a Persistent Volume Claim already exists, specify it during installation....

cluster for this to work. If you'd rather use `emptyDir`, disable PersistentVolumeClai by: ```bash helm install --set persistence.enabled=false minio/minio ``` > *"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."* Existing PersistentVolumeClai ---------- If a Persistent Volume Claim already exists, specify it during installation....

* Admit critical pods in the kubelet ([#38836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38836), [@bprashanth](https://github.com/bprashanth))
* assign -998 as the oom_score_adj for critical pods (e.g. kube-proxy) ([#39114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39114), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))

- Introduce PodHasNetwork condition for pods ([#111358](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111358), [@ddebroy](https://github.com/ddebroy)) [SIG Apps, Node and Testing]
- Introduction of the `DisruptionTarget` pod condition type. Its `reason` field indicates the reason for pod termination:
  - PreemptionByKubeScheduler (Pod preempted by kube-scheduler)
  - DeletionByTaintManager (Pod deleted by taint manager due to NoExecute taint)