- Added `ImageMaximumGCAge` field to Kubelet configuration, which allows a user to set the maximum age an image is unused before it's garbage collected. ([#121275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121275), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander))

- Fixed garbage collection of dangling VolumeAttachments for PersistentVolumes migrated to CSI on startup of kube-controller-manager. ([#102176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102176), [@timebertt](https://github.com/timebertt)) [SIG Apps and Storage]...

        // Ensure proper cleanup before delete
        file.close();
        Thread.sleep(500); // Give more time for handle release
        System.gc(); // Force garbage collection
        Thread.sleep(200);

        // Delete using a completely new context to avoid handle issues
        CIFSContext deleteContext = createFreshContext();

			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
		}
		ss = append(ss, string(buf))
	}

	data1, data2, pax, sparse := ss[0], ss[1], ss[2], ss[3]
	data2 += strings.Repeat("\x00", 10*512)
	trash := strings.Repeat("garbage ", 64) // Exactly 512 bytes

	vectors := []struct {
		input string // Input stream
		cnt   int    // Expected number of headers read
		err   error  // Expected error outcome
	}{

- Fixing race condition with EndpointSlice controller garbage collection. ([#91311](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91311), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps, Network and Testing]

* Update to use go1.10.3 ([#65726](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65726), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))
* Fix the bug where image garbage collection is disabled by mistake. ([#66051](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66051), [@jiaxuanzhou](https://github.com/jiaxuanzhou))

- Fixed garbage collection of dangling VolumeAttachments for PersistentVolumes migrated to CSI on startup of kube-controller-manager. ([#102176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102176), [@timebertt](https://github.com/timebertt)) [SIG Apps and Storage]...

				return true
			}
		}
		return false
	}

	if hadoop && delimiter == SlashSeparator && maxKeys == 2 && marker == "" {
		// Optimization for Spark/Hadoop workload where spark sends a garbage
		// request of this kind
		//
		// GET /testbucket/?list-type=2&delimiter=%2F&max-keys=2&prefix=parquet%2F_SUCCESS%2F&fetch-owner=false
		//

- Fixed a regression in default configurations, which enabled PodDisruptionConditions by default, 

   ([#121912](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121912), [@JoelSpeed](https://github.com/JoelSpeed))
- Allowed container runtimes to fix an image garbage collection bug by adding an `image_id` field to the CRI Container message.
   ([#123508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123508), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))