Graceful Leader Transition

[Jefftree]

Enhancement Description

Allow leader elected components to transition to a follower state without restarting the process

• One-line enhancement description (can be used as a release note):
• Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal:
• Discussion Link:
• Primary contact (assignee): @Jefftree
• Responsible SIGs: sig api-machinery
• Enhancement target (which target equals to which milestone):
  • Alpha release target (x.y): 1.34
  • Beta release target (x.y):
  • Stable release target (x.y):
• Alpha
  • KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s): [KEP-5366] Graceful Leader Transition #5367
  • Code (k/k) update PR(s):
  • Docs (k/website) update PR(s):

Please keep this description up to date. This will help the Enhancement Team to track the evolution of the enhancement efficiently.

[Jefftree]

/sig api-machinery
/cc @jpbetz

[deads2k]

/stage alpha
/label lead-opted-in
/milestone v1.34