Kubernetes v1.33 introduces updates to the container lifecycle with features like zero value for Sleep action and customizing stop signals.The Sleep action now supports a zero sleep duration, allowing containers to pause before termination.Customizing stop signals is in alpha stage, enabling users to specify a custom stop signal for container termination.The PodLifecycleSleepActionAllowZero feature gate in v1.33 enables zero duration for sleep hooks by default.Container runtimes honor StopSignal instruction to terminate containers with custom signals.Pods in Kubernetes v1.33 can specify a custom stop signal using the newly added ContainerStopSignals feature gate.Containers without custom stop signals fall back to the default stop signal of the runtime, which is SIGTERM for containerd and CRI-O.Both Kubernetes version and container runtime need to support stop signals for this feature to work correctly.To use custom stop signals, ContainerStopSignals feature gate needs to be enabled in kube-apiserver and kubelet.Users can configure container stop signals based on the OS, differentiating between Linux and Windows nodes.For those interested in contributing or providing feedback on this feature, reaching out to SIG Node is recommended.