* fix azure disk mounter issue ([#52260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52260), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* GCE: Fix issue deleting internal load balancers when the firewall resource may not exist. ([#53450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53450), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

    /** The key of the message: Installing plugin {0}. */
    public static final String SUCCESS_install_plugin = "{success.install_plugin}";

    /** The key of the message: Deleting plugin {0}. */
    public static final String SUCCESS_delete_plugin = "{success.delete_plugin}";

    /** The key of the message: Uploaded {0}. */

- Fix detach disk issue on deleting vmss node. ([#104572](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104572), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- The `controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost` annotation can be set to offer a hint on the cost of deleting a `Pod` compared to other pods belonging to the same ReplicaSet. Pods with lower deletion cost are deleted first. This is an alpha feature. ([#99163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99163), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

* Tolerate missing watch permission when deleting a resource ([#65370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65370), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
* Prevents a `kubectl delete` hang when deleting controller managed lists ([#65367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65367), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Fixed a regression in default configurations, which enabled PodDisruptionConditions by default, 
  that prevented the control plane's pod garbage collector from deleting pods that contained duplicated field keys (env. variables with repeated keys or container ports). ([#121380](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121380), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Apps, Auth, Scheduling and Testing]

* Fixed potential deadlock when deleting CustomResourceDefinition for custom resources with finalizers. ([#60542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60542), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kube-controller-manager: Removed flags  `deleting-pods-qps`, `deleting-pods-burst`, and `register-retry-count`. ([#109612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109612), [@pandaamanda](https://github.com/pandaamanda))

  In order to perform an unsafe deletion of a corrupt resource, the user must enable the option for the delete
  request. A resource is considered corrupt if it can not be successfully retrieved from the storage due to
  a) transformation error e.g. decryption failure, or b) the object failed to decode. Normal deletion flow is

  - Don't update capacity if VMSS provisioning state is updating
  - Support allocatable resources overrides via VMSS tags
  - Add missing stable labels in template nodes
  - Proactively set instance status to deleting on node deletions
  
  ### Cluster API
  - Migrate interaction with the API from using internal types to using Unstructured
  - Improve tests to work better with constrained resources
  - Add support for node auto-discovery