### Bug or Regression

- Fix Job tracking with finalizers for more than 500 pods, ensuring all finalizers are removed before counting the Pod. ([#104876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104876), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps]

- `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))

* Add garbage collector into kube-controller-manager ([#26341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/26341), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))
* Add orphaning finalizer logic to GC ([#25599](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25599), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Fixed controller manager crash by making it tolerant to discovery errors.([#49767](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49767), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* Add support for adding/removing finalizer depending on PVC protection feature gate ([#61370](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61370), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- Fix job tracking with finalizers for more than 500 pods, ensuring all finalizers are removed before counting the Pod. ([#104666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104666), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor))

          std::vector<string>(desc->colocation_constraints.begin(),
                              desc->colocation_constraints.end()));
    }
    status->status = desc->node_builder.Finalize(&desc->graph->graph, &ret,
                                                 /*consume=*/true);

    if (status->status.ok()) {
      // Run shape inference function for newly added node.

- Terminated Pods on a node will not be re-admitted on kubelet restart. This fixes the problem of Completed Pods awaiting for the finalizer marked as Failed after the kubelet restart. ([#126343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126343), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node and Testing]

* The OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement admission plugin now requires `update` permission on the `finalizers` subresource of the referenced owner in order to set `blockOwnerDeletion` on an owner reference. ([#49133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49133), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* Fix for [failure to delete federation controllers with finalizers](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43828). ([#44084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44084), [@nikhiljindal](https://github.com/nikhiljindal))