Merge pull request #1108 from a7i/amir/helm-1.26.1

Update helm chart to v0.26.1
2026-01-26 13:29:11 +01:00 · 2023-04-04 10:33:45 -07:00 · 2023-04-03 15:01:04 -04:00 · 2023-04-03 08:39:52 -07:00 · 2023-04-03 11:25:55 -04:00 · 2023-04-03 04:17:52 -07:00
6254 changed files with 237153 additions and 719449 deletions
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Always check-out / check-in files with LF line endings.
-* text=auto eol=lf
-
-go.sum merge=union
-**/zz_generated.*.go linguist-generated=true
-vendor/** linguist-vendored
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-## Description
-<!-- Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed -->
-
-## Checklist
-Please ensure your pull request meets the following criteria before submitting
-for review, these items will be used by reviewers to assess the quality and
-completeness of your changes:
-
- [ ] **Code Readability**: Is the code easy to understand, well-structured, and consistent with project conventions?
- [ ] **Naming Conventions**: Are variable, function, and structs descriptive and consistent?
- [ ] **Code Duplication**: Is there any repeated code that should be refactored?
- [ ] **Function/Method Size**: Are functions/methods short and focused on a single task?
- [ ] **Comments & Documentation**: Are comments clear, useful, and not excessive? Were comments updated where necessary?
- [ ] **Error Handling**: Are errors handled appropriately ?
- [ ] **Testing**: Are there sufficient unit/integration tests?
- [ ] **Performance**: Are there any obvious performance issues or unnecessary computations?
- [ ] **Dependencies**: Are new dependencies justified ?
- [ ] **Logging & Monitoring**: Is logging used appropriately (not too verbose, not too silent)?
- [ ] **Backward Compatibility**: Does this change break any existing functionality or APIs?
- [ ] **Resource Management**: Are resources (files, connections, memory) managed and released properly?
- [ ] **PR Description**: Is the PR description clear, providing enough context and explaining the motivation for the change?
- [ ] **Documentation & Changelog**: Are README and docs updated if necessary?
--- a/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
@@ -20,42 +20,34 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Set up Helm
-        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v2.1
        with:
-          version: v3.15.1
+          version: v3.9.2

-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3.1.2
        with:
-          python-version: 3.12
+          python-version: 3.7

-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
        with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+          go-version: '1.19.3'

      - name: Set up chart-testing
-        uses: helm/chart-testing-action@v2.6.1
+        uses: helm/chart-testing-action@v2.2.1
        with:
-          version: v3.11.0
-
-      - name: Install Helm Unit Test Plugin
-        run: |
-          helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest
-
-      - name: Run Helm Unit Tests
-        run: |
-          helm unittest charts/descheduler --strict -d
+          version: v3.7.0

      - name: Run chart-testing (list-changed)
        id: list-changed
        run: |
          changed=$(ct list-changed --config=.github/ci/ct.yaml)
          if [[ -n "$changed" ]]; then
-            echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "::set-output name=changed::true"
          fi

      - name: Run chart-testing (lint)
@@ -68,3 +60,10 @@ jobs:
      # helm-extra-set-args only available after ct 3.6.0
      - name: Run chart-testing (install)
        run: ct install --config=.github/ci/ct.yaml --helm-extra-set-args='--set=kind=Deployment'
+
+      - name: E2E after chart install
+        env:
+          KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.26.0"
+          KIND_E2E: true
+          SKIP_INSTALL: true
+        run: make test-e2e
--- a/.github/workflows/manifests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manifests.yaml
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: manifests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        k8s-version: ["v1.34.0"]
-        descheduler-version: ["v0.34.0"]
-        descheduler-api: ["v1alpha2"]
-        manifest: ["deployment"]
-        kind-version: ["v0.30.0"] # keep in sync with test/run-e2e-tests.sh
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Create kind cluster
-        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.12.0
-        with:
-          node_image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s-version }}
-          kubectl_version: ${{ matrix.k8s-version }}
-          config: test/kind-config.yaml
-          version: ${{ matrix.kind-version }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-          cache: true
-      - name: Build image
-        run: |
-          VERSION="dev" make dev-image
-          docker tag descheduler:dev registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:${{ matrix.descheduler-version }}
-      - name: Kind load image
-        run: |
-          kind load docker-image registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:${{ matrix.descheduler-version }} --name chart-testing
-      - name: Create k8s manifests
-        run: |
-          kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
-          kubectl create -f test/manifests/${{ matrix.descheduler-api }}/configmap.yaml
-          kubectl create -f kubernetes/${{ matrix.manifest }}/${{ matrix.manifest }}.yaml
-      - name: Wait for ready condition
-        run: |
-          kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=60s ${{ matrix.manifest }} descheduler -n kube-system
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
    branches:
      - release-*

-permissions:
-  contents: write # allow actions to update gh-pages branch
-
 jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -23,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"

      - name: Install Helm
-        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v1
        with:
-          version: v3.15.1
+          version: v3.4.0

      - name: Run chart-releaser
-        uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@v1.6.0
+        uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@v1.1.0
        env:
          CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
          CR_RELEASE_NAME_TEMPLATE: "descheduler-helm-chart-{{ .Version }}"
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 run:
-  timeout: 5m
+  deadline: 2m

 linters:
  disable-all: true
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ linters-settings:
  gofumpt:
    extra-rules: true
  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: sigs.k8s.io/descheduler
+local-prefixes: sigs.k8s.io/descheduler
--- a/CONTRIBUTING-descheduler.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING-descheduler.md
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Descheduler Design Constraints
-
-This is a slowly growing document that lists good practices, conventions, and design decisions.
-
-## Overview
-
-TBD
-
-## Code convention
-
-* *formatting code*: running `make fmt` before committing each change to avoid ci failing
-
-## Unit Test Conventions
-
-These are the known conventions that are useful to practice whenever reasonable:
-
-* *single pod creation*: each pod variable built using `test.BuildTestPod` is updated only through the `apply` argument of `BuildTestPod`
-* *single node creation*: each node variable built using `test.BuildTestNode` is updated only through the `apply` argument of `BuildTestNode`
-* *no object instance sharing*: each object built through `test.BuildXXX` functions is newly created in each unit test to avoid accidental object mutations
-* *no object instance duplication*: avoid duplication by no creating two objects with the same passed values at two different places. E.g. two nodes created with the same memory, cpu and pods requests. Rather create a single function wrapping test.BuildTestNode and invoke this wrapper multiple times.
-
-The aim is to reduce cognitive load when reading and debugging the test code.
-
-## Design Decisions FAQ
-
-This section documents common questions about design decisions in the descheduler codebase and the rationale behind them.
-
-### Why doesn't the framework provide helpers for registering and retrieving indexers for plugins?
-
-In general, each plugin can have many indexers—for example, for nodes, namespaces, pods, and other resources. Each plugin, depending on its internal optimizations, may choose a different indexing function. Indexers are currently used very rarely in the framework and default plugins. Therefore, extending the framework interface with additional helpers for registering and retrieving indexers might introduce an unnecessary and overly restrictive layer without first understanding how indexers will be used. For the moment, I suggest avoiding any restrictions on how many indexers can be registered or which ones can be registered. Instead, we should extend the framework handle to provide a unique ID for each profile, so that indexers within the same profile share a unique prefix. This avoids collisions when the same profile is instantiated more than once. Later, once we learn more about indexer usage, we can revisit whether it makes sense to impose additional restrictions.
--- a/6
+++ b/6
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-FROM golang:1.24.6
+FROM golang:1.19.3

 WORKDIR /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler
 COPY . .
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ RUN VERSION=${VERSION} make build.$ARCH

 FROM scratch

-MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <sig-scheduling@kubernetes.io>
-
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler
+MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com>

 USER 1000

--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 FROM scratch

-MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <sig-scheduling@kubernetes.io>
+MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com>

 USER 1000

--- a/24
+++ b/24
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ ARCHS = amd64 arm arm64

 LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.version=${VERSION} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.buildDate=${BUILD} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitbranch=${BRANCH} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitsha1=${SHA1}"

-GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.64.8
+GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.49.0
 HAS_GOLANGCI := $(shell ls _output/bin/golangci-lint 2> /dev/null)

-GOFUMPT_VERSION := v0.7.0
+GOFUMPT_VERSION := v0.4.0
 HAS_GOFUMPT := $(shell command -v gofumpt 2> /dev/null)

-GO_VERSION := $(shell (command -v jq > /dev/null && (go mod edit -json | jq -r .Go)) || (sed -En 's/^go (.*)$$/\1/p' go.mod))
-
 # REGISTRY is the container registry to push
 # into. The default is to push to the staging
 # registry, not production.
@@ -45,10 +43,6 @@ IMAGE:=descheduler:$(VERSION)
 # IMAGE_GCLOUD is the image name of descheduler in the remote registry
 IMAGE_GCLOUD:=$(REGISTRY)/descheduler:$(VERSION)

-# CURRENT_DIR is the current dir where the Makefile exists
-CURRENT_DIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-
-
 # TODO: upload binaries to GCS bucket
 #
 # In the future binaries can be uploaded to
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf _output
 	rm -rf _tmp

-verify: verify-govet verify-spelling verify-gofmt verify-vendor lint lint-chart verify-gen
+verify: verify-govet verify-spelling verify-gofmt verify-vendor lint lint-chart verify-toc verify-gen

 verify-govet:
 	./hack/verify-govet.sh
@@ -120,8 +114,8 @@ verify-gofmt:
 verify-vendor:
 	./hack/verify-vendor.sh

-verify-docs:
-	./hack/verify-docs.sh
+verify-toc:
+	./hack/verify-toc.sh

 test-unit:
 	./test/run-unit-tests.sh
@@ -133,22 +127,18 @@ gen:
 	./hack/update-generated-conversions.sh
 	./hack/update-generated-deep-copies.sh
 	./hack/update-generated-defaulters.sh
-	./hack/update-docs.sh
-
-gen-docker:
-	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run --entrypoint make -it -v $(CURRENT_DIR):/go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler -w /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler golang:$(GO_VERSION) gen
+	./hack/update-toc.sh

 verify-gen:
 	./hack/verify-conversions.sh
 	./hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
 	./hack/verify-defaulters.sh
-	./hack/verify-docs.sh

 lint:
 ifndef HAS_GOLANGCI
 	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b ./_output/bin ${GOLANGCI_VERSION}
 endif
-	./_output/bin/golangci-lint run -v
+	./_output/bin/golangci-lint run

 fmt:
 ifndef HAS_GOFUMPT
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ approvers:
 - ingvagabund
 - seanmalloy
 - a7i
- knelasevero
- ricardomaraschini
 reviewers:
 - damemi
 - seanmalloy
@@ -13,9 +11,6 @@ reviewers:
 - a7i
 - janeliul
 - knelasevero
- jklaw90
- googs1025
- ricardomaraschini
 emeritus_approvers:
 - aveshagarwal
 - k82cn
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
--- a/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: descheduler
-version: 0.34.0
-appVersion: 0.34.0
+version: 0.26.1
+appVersion: 0.26.1
 description: Descheduler for Kubernetes is used to rebalance clusters by evicting pods that can potentially be scheduled on better nodes. In the current implementation, descheduler does not schedule replacement of evicted pods but relies on the default scheduler for that.
 keywords:
 - kubernetes
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler
 maintainers:
 - name: Kubernetes SIG Scheduling
-  email: sig-scheduling@kubernetes.io
+  email: kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com
--- a/charts/descheduler/README.md
+++ b/charts/descheduler/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ helm install my-release --namespace kube-system descheduler/descheduler

 ## Introduction

-This chart bootstraps a [descheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/) cron job with a default DeschedulerPolicy on a [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster using the [Helm](https://helm.sh) package manager. To preview what changes descheduler would make without actually going forward with the changes, you can install descheduler in dry run mode by providing the flag `--set cmdOptions.dry-run=true` to the `helm install` command below.
+This chart bootstraps a [descheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/) cron job on a [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster using the [Helm](https://helm.sh) package manager.

 ## Prerequisites

@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _descheduler_ chart
 | `imagePullSecrets`                  | Docker repository secrets                                                                                             | `[]`                                      |
 | `nameOverride`                      | String to partially override `descheduler.fullname` template (will prepend the release name)                          | `""`                                      |
 | `fullnameOverride`                  | String to fully override `descheduler.fullname` template                                                              | `""`                                      |
-| `namespaceOverride`                 | Override the deployment namespace; defaults to .Release.Namespace                                                     | `""`                                      |
 | `cronJobApiVersion`                 | CronJob API Group Version                                                                                             | `"batch/v1"`                              |
 | `schedule`                          | The cron schedule to run the _descheduler_ job on                                                                     | `"*/2 * * * *"`                           |
 | `startingDeadlineSeconds`           | If set, configure `startingDeadlineSeconds` for the _descheduler_ job                                                 | `nil`                                     |
-| `timeZone`                          | configure `timeZone` for CronJob                                                                                      | `nil`                                     |
 | `successfulJobsHistoryLimit`        | If set, configure `successfulJobsHistoryLimit` for the _descheduler_ job                                              | `3`                                       |
 | `failedJobsHistoryLimit`            | If set, configure `failedJobsHistoryLimit` for the _descheduler_ job                                                  | `1`                                       |
 | `ttlSecondsAfterFinished`           | If set, configure `ttlSecondsAfterFinished` for the _descheduler_ job                                                 | `nil`                                     |
@@ -64,23 +62,19 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _descheduler_ chart
 | `replicas`                          | The replica count for Deployment                                                                                      | `1`                                       |
 | `leaderElection`                    | The options for high availability when running replicated components                                                  | _see values.yaml_                         |
 | `cmdOptions`                        | The options to pass to the _descheduler_ command                                                                      | _see values.yaml_                         |
+| `deschedulerPolicy.strategies`      | The _descheduler_ strategies to apply                                                                                 | _see values.yaml_                         |
 | `priorityClassName`                 | The name of the priority class to add to pods                                                                         | `system-cluster-critical`                 |
 | `rbac.create`                       | If `true`, create & use RBAC resources                                                                                | `true`                                    |
 | `resources`                         | Descheduler container CPU and memory requests/limits                                                                  | _see values.yaml_                         |
 | `serviceAccount.create`             | If `true`, create a service account for the cron job                                                                  | `true`                                    |
 | `serviceAccount.name`               | The name of the service account to use, if not set and create is true a name is generated using the fullname template | `nil`                                     |
 | `serviceAccount.annotations`        | Specifies custom annotations for the serviceAccount                                                                   | `{}`                                      |
-| `cronJobAnnotations`                | Annotations to add to the descheduler CronJob                                                                         | `{}`                                      |
-| `cronJobLabels`                     | Labels to add to the descheduler CronJob                                                                              | `{}`                                      |
-| `jobAnnotations`                    | Annotations to add to the descheduler Job resources (created by CronJob)                                              | `{}`                                      |
-| `jobLabels`                         | Labels to add to the descheduler Job resources (created by CronJob)                                                   | `{}`                                      |
 | `podAnnotations`                    | Annotations to add to the descheduler Pods                                                                            | `{}`                                      |
 | `podLabels`                         | Labels to add to the descheduler Pods                                                                                 | `{}`                                      |
 | `nodeSelector`                      | Node selectors to run the descheduler cronjob/deployment on specific nodes                                            | `nil`                                     |
 | `service.enabled`                   | If `true`, create a service for deployment                                                                            | `false`                                   |
 | `serviceMonitor.enabled`            | If `true`, create a ServiceMonitor for deployment                                                                     | `false`                                   |
 | `serviceMonitor.namespace`          | The namespace where Prometheus expects to find service monitors                                                       | `nil`                                     |
-| `serviceMonitor.additionalLabels`   | Add custom labels to the ServiceMonitor resource                                                                      | `{}`                                      |
 | `serviceMonitor.interval`           | The scrape interval. If not set, the Prometheus default scrape interval is used                                       | `nil`                                     |
 | `serviceMonitor.honorLabels`        | Keeps the scraped data's labels when labels are on collisions with target labels.                                     | `true`                                    |
 | `serviceMonitor.insecureSkipVerify` | Skip TLS certificate validation when scraping                                                                         | `true`                                    |
@@ -88,7 +82,6 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _descheduler_ chart
 | `serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings`  | MetricRelabelConfigs to apply to samples after scraping, but before ingestion                                         | `[]`                                      |
 | `serviceMonitor.relabelings`        | RelabelConfigs to apply to samples before scraping                                                                    | `[]`                                      |
 | `affinity`                          | Node affinity to run the descheduler cronjob/deployment on specific nodes                                             | `nil`                                     |
-| `topologySpreadConstraints`         | Topology Spread Constraints to spread the descheduler cronjob/deployment across the cluster                           | `[]`                                     |
 | `tolerations`                       | tolerations to run the descheduler cronjob/deployment on specific nodes                                               | `nil`                                     |
 | `suspend`                           | Set spec.suspend in descheduler cronjob                                                                               | `false`                                   |
 | `commonLabels`                      | Labels to apply to all resources                                                                                      | `{}`                                      |
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Descheduler installed as a {{ .Values.kind }}.

 {{- if eq .Values.kind "Deployment" }}
-{{- if eq (.Values.replicas | int) 1 }}
+{{- if eq .Values.replicas 1.0}}
 WARNING: You set replica count as 1 and workload kind as Deployment however leaderElection is not enabled. Consider enabling Leader Election for HA mode.
 {{- end}}
 {{- if .Values.leaderElection }}
@@ -10,13 +10,3 @@ WARNING: You enabled DryRun mode, you can't use Leader Election.
 {{- end}}
 {{- end}}
 {{- end}}
-{{- if .Values.deschedulerPolicy }}
-A DeschedulerPolicy has been applied for you. You can view the policy with:
-
-kubectl get configmap -n {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }} {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }} -o yaml
-
-If you wish to define your own policies out of band from this chart, you may define a configmap named {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}.
-To avoid a conflict between helm and your out of band method to deploy the configmap, please set deschedulerPolicy in values.yaml to an empty object as below.
-
-deschedulerPolicy: {}
-{{- end }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}

-{{/*
-Expand the namespace of the release.
-Allows overriding it for multi-namespace deployments in combined charts.
-*/}}
-{{- define "descheduler.namespace" -}}
-{{- default .Release.Namespace .Values.namespaceOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
-{{- end -}}
-
 {{/*
 Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
 */}}
@@ -95,10 +87,8 @@ Leader Election
 {{- if .Values.leaderElection.resourceName }}
 - --leader-elect-resource-name={{ .Values.leaderElection.resourceName }}
 {{- end }}
-{{/* resource namespace value starts with a typo so keeping resourceNamescape for backwards compatibility */}}
-{{- $resourceNamespace := default .Values.leaderElection.resourceNamespace .Values.leaderElection.resourceNamescape -}}
-{{- if $resourceNamespace -}}
- --leader-elect-resource-namespace={{ $resourceNamespace }}
+{{- if .Values.leaderElection.resourceNamescape }}
+- --leader-elect-resource-namespace={{ .Values.leaderElection.resourceNamescape }}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ rules:
 - apiGroups: ["scheduling.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["priorityclasses"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
- apiGroups: ["policy"]
-  resources: ["poddisruptionbudgets"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
 {{- if .Values.leaderElection.enabled }}
 - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["leases"]
@@ -36,13 +33,4 @@ rules:
  resourceNames: ["{{ .Values.leaderElection.resourceName | default "descheduler" }}"]
  verbs: ["get", "patch", "delete"]
 {{- end }}
-{{- if and .Values.deschedulerPolicy }}
-{{- range .Values.deschedulerPolicy.metricsProviders }}
-{{- if and (hasKey . "source") (eq .source "KubernetesMetrics") }}
- apiGroups: ["metrics.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["pods", "nodes"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list"]
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ roleRef:
 subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
-    namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 {{- end -}}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-{{- if .Values.deschedulerPolicy }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
  policy.yaml: |
-    apiVersion: "{{ .Values.deschedulerPolicyAPIVersion }}"
+    apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
    kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-{{ tpl (toYaml .Values.deschedulerPolicy) . | trim | indent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.deschedulerPolicy | trim | indent 4 }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -3,16 +3,9 @@ apiVersion: {{ .Values.cronJobApiVersion | default "batch/v1" }}
 kind: CronJob
 metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
-  {{- if .Values.cronJobAnnotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- .Values.cronJobAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- if .Values.cronJobLabels }}
-    {{- .Values.cronJobLabels | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- end }}
 spec:
  schedule: {{ .Values.schedule | quote }}
  {{- if .Values.suspend }}
@@ -22,34 +15,17 @@ spec:
  {{- if .Values.startingDeadlineSeconds }}
  startingDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.startingDeadlineSeconds }}
  {{- end }}
-  {{- if ne .Values.successfulJobsHistoryLimit nil }}
+  {{- if .Values.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}
  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}
  {{- end }}
-  {{- if ne .Values.failedJobsHistoryLimit nil }}
+  {{- if .Values.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}
  failedJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}
  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.timeZone }}
-  timeZone: {{ .Values.timeZone }}
-  {{- end }}
  jobTemplate:
-    {{- if or .Values.jobAnnotations .Values.jobLabels }}
-    metadata:
-      {{- if .Values.jobAnnotations }}
-      annotations:
-        {{- .Values.jobAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.jobLabels }}
-      labels:
-        {{- .Values.jobLabels | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-    {{- end }}
    spec:
      {{- if .Values.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: {{ .Values.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
      {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.activeDeadlineSeconds }}
-      activeDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.activeDeadlineSeconds }}
-      {{- end }}
      template:
        metadata:
          name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
@@ -72,14 +48,6 @@ spec:
          affinity:
            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.topologySpreadConstraints }}
-          topologySpreadConstraints:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- if .Values.dnsConfig }}
-          dnsConfig:
-            {{- .Values.dnsConfig | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
          {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
          tolerations:
            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
@@ -88,9 +56,6 @@ spec:
          priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
          {{- end }}
          serviceAccountName: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
-          {{- if kindIs "bool" .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-          automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-          {{- end }}
          restartPolicy: "Never"
          {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
          imagePullSecrets:
@@ -101,41 +66,33 @@ spec:
              image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
              imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
              command:
-                {{- toYaml .Values.command | nindent 16 }}
+                - "/bin/descheduler"
              args:
-                - --policy-config-file=/policy-dir/policy.yaml
+                - "--policy-config-file"
+                - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
                {{- range $key, $value := .Values.cmdOptions }}
-                {{- if ne $value nil }}
-                - {{ printf "--%s=%s" $key (toString $value) }}
-                {{- else }}
-                - {{ printf "--%s" $key }}
+                - {{ printf "--%s" $key | quote }}
+                {{- if $value }}
+                - {{ $value | quote }}
                {{- end }}
                {{- end }}
              livenessProbe:
                {{- toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | nindent 16 }}
-              ports:
-                {{- toYaml .Values.ports | nindent 16 }}
              resources:
                {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 16 }}
-              {{- if .Values.securityContext }}
              securityContext:
-                {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 16 }}
-              {{- end }}
+                allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+                capabilities:
+                  drop:
+                    - ALL
+                privileged: false
+                readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+                runAsNonRoot: true
              volumeMounts:
                - mountPath: /policy-dir
                  name: policy-volume
-                {{- if and .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumeMounts (not .Values.automountServiceAccountToken) }}
-                  {{ toYaml .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumeMounts | nindent 16 }}
-                {{- end }}
-          {{- if .Values.podSecurityContext }}
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
          volumes:
          - name: policy-volume
            configMap:
              name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-          {{- if and .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumes (not .Values.automountServiceAccountToken) }}
-            {{ toYaml .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumes | nindent 10 }}
-          {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- if .Values.annotations }}
-  annotations: {{- toYaml .Values.deploymentAnnotations | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
 spec:
-  {{- if gt (.Values.replicas | int) 1 }}
+  {{- if gt .Values.replicas 1.0}}
  {{- if not .Values.leaderElection.enabled }}
  {{- fail "You must set leaderElection to use more than 1 replica"}}
  {{- end}}
@@ -34,67 +31,54 @@ spec:
        {{- .Values.podAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
        {{- end }}
    spec:
-      {{- if .Values.dnsConfig }}
-      dnsConfig:
-        {{- .Values.dnsConfig | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
      {{- end }}
      serviceAccountName: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
-      {{- if kindIs "bool" .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-      {{- end }}
      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
      imagePullSecrets:
-      {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
      {{- end }}
      containers:
        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
          command:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.command | nindent 12 }}
+            - "/bin/descheduler"
          args:
-            - --policy-config-file=/policy-dir/policy.yaml
-            - --descheduling-interval={{ required "deschedulingInterval required for running as Deployment" .Values.deschedulingInterval }}
+            - "--policy-config-file"
+            - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
+            - "--descheduling-interval"
+            - {{ required "deschedulingInterval required for running as Deployment" .Values.deschedulingInterval }}
            {{- range $key, $value := .Values.cmdOptions }}
-            {{- if ne $value nil }}
-            - {{ printf "--%s=%s" $key (toString $value) }}
-            {{- else }}
-            - {{ printf "--%s" $key }}
+            - {{ printf "--%s" $key | quote }}
+            {{- if $value }}
+            - {{ $value | quote }}
            {{- end }}
            {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.leaderElection.enabled }}
            {{- include "descheduler.leaderElection" . | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- end }}
          ports:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.ports | nindent 12 }}
+            - containerPort: 10258
+              protocol: TCP
          livenessProbe:
            {{- toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
          resources:
            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- if .Values.securityContext }}
          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+            privileged: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            runAsNonRoot: true
          volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: /policy-dir
              name: policy-volume
-            {{- if and .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumeMounts (not .Values.automountServiceAccountToken) }}
-              {{ toYaml .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.podSecurityContext }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
      volumes:
        - name: policy-volume
          configMap:
            name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-        {{- if and .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumes (not .Values.automountServiceAccountToken) }}
-          {{ toYaml .Values.extraServiceAccountVolumes | nindent 8}}
-        {{- end }}
      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
      nodeSelector:
        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -103,10 +87,6 @@ spec:
      affinity:
        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.topologySpreadConstraints }}
-      topologySpreadConstraints:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
      tolerations:
        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/service.yaml
@@ -6,15 +6,9 @@ metadata:
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 spec:
  clusterIP: None
-  {{- if .Values.service.ipFamilyPolicy }}
-  ipFamilyPolicy: {{ .Values.service.ipFamilyPolicy }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.service.ipFamilies }}
-  ipFamilies: {{ toYaml .Values.service.ipFamilies | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
  ports:
  - name: http-metrics
    port: 10258
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
-{{- if kindIs "bool" .Values.serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken }}
-{{- end }}
 metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ metadata:
  namespace: {{ .Values.serviceMonitor.namespace | default .Release.Namespace }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.additionalLabels }}
-    {{- toYaml .Values.serviceMonitor.additionalLabels | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- end }}
 spec:
  jobLabel: jobLabel
  namespaceSelector:
    matchNames:
-    - {{ include "descheduler.namespace" . }}
+    - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      {{- include "descheduler.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/charts/descheduler/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__snapshot__
--- a/charts/descheduler/tests/cronjob_annotations_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/tests/cronjob_annotations_test.yaml
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-suite: Test Descheduler CronJob and Job Annotations and Labels
-
-templates:
-  - "*.yaml"
-
-release:
-  name: descheduler
-
-set:
-  kind: CronJob
-
-tests:
-  - it: adds cronJob and job annotations and labels when set
-    template: templates/cronjob.yaml
-    set:
-      cronJobAnnotations:
-        monitoring.company.com/scrape: "true"
-        description: "test cronjob"
-      cronJobLabels:
-        environment: "test"
-        team: "platform"
-      jobAnnotations:
-        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
-        job.company.com/retry-limit: "3"
-      jobLabels:
-        job-type: "maintenance"
-        priority: "high"
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.annotations["monitoring.company.com/scrape"]
-          value: "true"
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.annotations.description
-          value: "test cronjob"
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels.environment
-          value: "test"
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels.team
-          value: "platform"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.annotations["sidecar.istio.io/inject"]
-          value: "false"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.annotations["job.company.com/retry-limit"]
-          value: "3"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.labels.job-type
-          value: "maintenance"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.labels.priority
-          value: "high"
-
-  - it: does not add cronJob and job metadata when not set
-    template: templates/cronjob.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - isNull:
-          path: metadata.annotations
-      - isNotNull:
-          path: metadata.labels
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels["app.kubernetes.io/name"]
-          value: descheduler
-      - isNull:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata
-
-  - it: does not add job metadata when job annotations and labels are empty
-    template: templates/cronjob.yaml
-    set:
-      jobAnnotations: {}
-      jobLabels: {}
-    asserts:
-      - isNull:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata
-
-  - it: works with all annotation and label types together
-    template: templates/cronjob.yaml
-    set:
-      cronJobAnnotations:
-        cron-annotation: "cron-value"
-      cronJobLabels:
-        cron-label: "cron-value"
-      jobAnnotations:
-        job-annotation: "job-value"
-      jobLabels:
-        job-label: "job-value"
-      podAnnotations:
-        pod-annotation: "pod-value"
-      podLabels:
-        pod-label: "pod-value"
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.annotations.cron-annotation
-          value: "cron-value"
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels.cron-label
-          value: "cron-value"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.annotations.job-annotation
-          value: "job-value"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.metadata.labels.job-label
-          value: "job-value"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.metadata.annotations.pod-annotation
-          value: "pod-value"
-      - equal:
-          path: spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.metadata.labels.pod-label
-          value: "pod-value"
--- a/charts/descheduler/tests/cronjob_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/tests/cronjob_test.yaml
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-suite: Test Descheduler CronJob
-
-templates:
-  - "*.yaml"
-
-release:
-  name: descheduler
-
-set:
-  kind: CronJob
-
-tests:
-  - it: creates CronJob when kind is set
-    template: templates/cronjob.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - isKind:
-          of: CronJob
--- a/charts/descheduler/tests/deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/tests/deployment_test.yaml
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-suite: Test Descheduler Deployment
-
-templates:
-  - "*.yaml"
-
-release:
-  name: descheduler
-
-set:
-  kind: Deployment
-
-tests:
-  - it: creates Deployment when kind is set
-    template: templates/deployment.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - isKind:
-          of: Deployment
-  
-  - it: enables leader-election
-    set:
-      leaderElection:
-        enabled: true
-    template: templates/deployment.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - contains:
-          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].args
-          content: --leader-elect=true
-
-  - it: support leader-election resourceNamespace
-    set:
-      leaderElection:
-        enabled: true
-        resourceNamespace: test
-    template: templates/deployment.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - contains:
-          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].args
-          content: --leader-elect-resource-namespace=test
-
-  - it: support legacy leader-election resourceNamescape
-    set:
-      leaderElection:
-        enabled: true
-        resourceNamescape: typo
-    template: templates/deployment.yaml
-    asserts:
-      - contains:
-          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].args
-          content: --leader-elect-resource-namespace=typo
--- a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
@@ -18,34 +18,13 @@ resources:
  requests:
    cpu: 500m
    memory: 256Mi
-  limits:
-    cpu: 500m
-    memory: 256Mi
-
-ports:
-  - containerPort: 10258
-    protocol: TCP
-
-securityContext:
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  capabilities:
-    drop:
-      - ALL
-  privileged: false
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-  runAsNonRoot: true
-  runAsUser: 1000
-
-# podSecurityContext -- [Security context for pod](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/)
-podSecurityContext: {}
-  # fsGroup: 1000
+  # limits:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi

 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""

-# -- Override the deployment namespace; defaults to .Release.Namespace
-namespaceOverride: ""
-
 # labels that'll be applied to all resources
 commonLabels: {}

@@ -55,9 +34,7 @@ suspend: false
 # startingDeadlineSeconds: 200
 # successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
 # failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-# ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 600
-# activeDeadlineSeconds: 60 # Make sure this value is SHORTER than the cron interval.
-# timeZone: Etc/UTC
+# ttlSecondsAfterFinished 600

 # Required when running as a Deployment
 deschedulingInterval: 5m
@@ -78,75 +55,51 @@ leaderElection: {}
 #  retryPeriod: 2s
 #  resourceLock: "leases"
 #  resourceName: "descheduler"
-#  resourceNamespace: "kube-system"
-
-command:
- "/bin/descheduler"
+#  resourceNamescape: "kube-system"

 cmdOptions:
  v: 3

-# Recommended to use the latest Policy API version supported by the Descheduler app version
-deschedulerPolicyAPIVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
-
-# deschedulerPolicy contains the policies the descheduler will execute.
 deschedulerPolicy:
  # nodeSelector: "key1=value1,key2=value2"
  # maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode: 10
  # maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: 10
-  # metricsProviders:
-  # - source: KubernetesMetrics
-  # tracing:
-  #   collectorEndpoint: otel-collector.observability.svc.cluster.local:4317
-  #   transportCert: ""
-  #   serviceName: ""
-  #   serviceNamespace: ""
-  #   sampleRate: 1.0
-  #   fallbackToNoOpProviderOnError: true
-  profiles:
-    - name: default
-      pluginConfig:
-        - name: DefaultEvictor
-          args:
-            podProtections:
-              defaultDisabled:
-              - "PodsWithLocalStorage"
-              extraEnabled:
-              - "PodsWithPVC"
-        - name: RemoveDuplicates
-        - name: RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts
-          args:
-            podRestartThreshold: 100
-            includingInitContainers: true
-        - name: RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity
-          args:
-            nodeAffinityType:
-            - requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
-        - name: RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints
-        - name: RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity
-        - name: RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint
-        - name: LowNodeUtilization
-          args:
-            thresholds:
-              cpu: 20
-              memory: 20
-              pods: 20
-            targetThresholds:
-              cpu: 50
-              memory: 50
-              pods: 50
-      plugins:
-        balance:
-          enabled:
-            - RemoveDuplicates
-            - RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint
-            - LowNodeUtilization
-        deschedule:
-          enabled:
-            - RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts
-            - RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints
-            - RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity
-            - RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity
+  # ignorePvcPods: true
+  # evictLocalStoragePods: true
+  strategies:
+    RemoveDuplicates:
+      enabled: true
+    RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts:
+      enabled: true
+      params:
+        podsHavingTooManyRestarts:
+          podRestartThreshold: 100
+          includingInitContainers: true
+    RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints:
+      enabled: true
+    RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity:
+      enabled: true
+      params:
+        nodeAffinityType:
+        - requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+    RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity:
+      enabled: true
+    RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint:
+      enabled: true
+      params:
+        includeSoftConstraints: false
+    LowNodeUtilization:
+      enabled: true
+      params:
+        nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
+          thresholds:
+            cpu: 20
+            memory: 20
+            pods: 20
+          targetThresholds:
+            cpu: 50
+            memory: 50
+            pods: 50

 priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical

@@ -172,13 +125,6 @@ affinity: {}
 #              values:
 #                - descheduler
 #        topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
-topologySpreadConstraints: []
-# - maxSkew: 1
-#   topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
-#   whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotSchedule
-#   labelSelector:
-#     matchLabels:
-#       app.kubernetes.io/name: descheduler
 tolerations: []
 # - key: 'management'
 #   operator: 'Equal'
@@ -197,62 +143,27 @@ serviceAccount:
  name:
  # Specifies custom annotations for the serviceAccount
  annotations: {}
-  # Opt out of API credential automounting
-  #
-  # automountServiceAccountToken Default is not set
-  # automountServiceAccountToken: true
-
-# Mount the ServiceAccountToken in the Pod of a CronJob or Deployment
-# Default is not set - but only implied by the ServiceAccount
-# automountServiceAccountToken: true
-
-# Annotations that'll be applied to deployment
-deploymentAnnotations: {}
-
-cronJobAnnotations: {}
-
-cronJobLabels: {}
-
-jobAnnotations: {}
-
-jobLabels: {}

 podAnnotations: {}

 podLabels: {}

-dnsConfig: {}
-
 livenessProbe:
  failureThreshold: 3
  httpGet:
    path: /healthz
    port: 10258
    scheme: HTTPS
-  initialDelaySeconds: 5
-  periodSeconds: 20
-  timeoutSeconds: 5
+  initialDelaySeconds: 3
+  periodSeconds: 10

 service:
  enabled: false
-  # @param service.ipFamilyPolicy [string], support SingleStack, PreferDualStack and RequireDualStack
-  #
-  ipFamilyPolicy: ""
-  # @param service.ipFamilies [array] List of IP families (e.g. IPv4, IPv6) assigned to the service.
-  # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack/
-  # E.g.
-  # ipFamilies:
-  #   - IPv6
-  #   - IPv4
-  ipFamilies: []

 serviceMonitor:
  enabled: false
  # The namespace where Prometheus expects to find service monitors.
  # namespace: ""
-  # Add custom labels to the ServiceMonitor resource
-  additionalLabels: {}
-    # prometheus: kube-prometheus-stack
  interval: ""
  # honorLabels: true
  insecureSkipVerify: true
@@ -268,30 +179,3 @@ serviceMonitor:
    #   targetLabel: nodename
    #   replacement: $1
    #   action: replace
-
-## Additional Volume mounts when automountServiceAccountToken is false
-# extraServiceAccountVolumeMounts:
-# - mountPath: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount
-#   name: kube-api-access
-#   readOnly: true
-
-## Additional Volumes when automountServiceAccountToken is false
-# extraServiceAccountVolumes:
-# - name: kube-api-access
-#   projected:
-#     defaultMode: 0444
-#     sources:
-#     - configMap:
-#         items:
-#         - key: ca.crt
-#           path: ca.crt
-#         name: kube-root-ca.crt
-#     - downwardAPI:
-#         items:
-#         - fieldRef:
-#             apiVersion: v1
-#             fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-#           path: namespace
-#     - serviceAccountToken:
-#         expirationSeconds: 3600
-#         path: token
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -18,30 +18,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 package options

 import (
-	"strings"
 	"time"

-	promapi "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	apiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	apiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
 	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
 	componentbaseoptions "k8s.io/component-base/config/options"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	metricsclient "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
-
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
 	deschedulerscheme "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/scheme"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/features"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/tracing"
 )

 const (
@@ -52,18 +39,10 @@ const (
 type DeschedulerServer struct {
 	componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration

-	Client            clientset.Interface
-	EventClient       clientset.Interface
-	MetricsClient     metricsclient.Interface
-	PrometheusClient  promapi.Client
-	SecureServing     *apiserveroptions.SecureServingOptionsWithLoopback
-	SecureServingInfo *apiserver.SecureServingInfo
-	DisableMetrics    bool
-	EnableHTTP2       bool
-	// FeatureGates enabled by the user
-	FeatureGates map[string]bool
-	// DefaultFeatureGates for internal accessing so unit tests can enable/disable specific features
-	DefaultFeatureGates featuregate.FeatureGate
+	Client         clientset.Interface
+	EventClient    clientset.Interface
+	SecureServing  *apiserveroptions.SecureServingOptionsWithLoopback
+	DisableMetrics bool
 }

 // NewDeschedulerServer creates a new DeschedulerServer with default parameters
@@ -95,9 +74,7 @@ func newDefaultComponentConfig() (*componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration, err
 		},
 	}
 	deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Default(&versionedCfg)
-	cfg := componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration{
-		Tracing: componentconfig.TracingConfiguration{},
-	}
+	cfg := componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration{}
 	if err := deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Convert(&versionedCfg, &cfg, nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -106,48 +83,14 @@ func newDefaultComponentConfig() (*componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration, err

 // AddFlags adds flags for a specific SchedulerServer to the specified FlagSet
 func (rs *DeschedulerServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	fs.StringVar(&rs.Logging.Format, "logging-format", "text", `Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "text", "json". Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add-dir-header, --alsologtostderr, --log-backtrace-at, --log_dir, --log_file, --log_file_max_size, --logtostderr, --skip-headers, --skip-log-headers, --stderrthreshold, --log-flush-frequency.\nNon-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning.`)
 	fs.DurationVar(&rs.DeschedulingInterval, "descheduling-interval", rs.DeschedulingInterval, "Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", rs.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "File with kube configuration. Deprecated, use client-connection-kubeconfig instead.")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "client-connection-kubeconfig", rs.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "File path to kube configuration for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.")
-	fs.Float32Var(&rs.ClientConnection.QPS, "client-connection-qps", rs.ClientConnection.QPS, "QPS to use for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.")
-	fs.Int32Var(&rs.ClientConnection.Burst, "client-connection-burst", rs.ClientConnection.Burst, "Burst to use for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.")
+	fs.StringVar(&rs.KubeconfigFile, "kubeconfig", rs.KubeconfigFile, "File with  kube configuration.")
 	fs.StringVar(&rs.PolicyConfigFile, "policy-config-file", rs.PolicyConfigFile, "File with descheduler policy configuration.")
-	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DryRun, "dry-run", rs.DryRun, "Execute descheduler in dry run mode.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DryRun, "dry-run", rs.DryRun, "execute descheduler in dry run mode.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DisableMetrics, "disable-metrics", rs.DisableMetrics, "Disables metrics. The metrics are by default served through https://localhost:10258/metrics. Secure address, resp. port can be changed through --bind-address, resp. --secure-port flags.")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.Tracing.CollectorEndpoint, "otel-collector-endpoint", "", "Set this flag to the OpenTelemetry Collector Service Address")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.Tracing.TransportCert, "otel-transport-ca-cert", "", "Path of the CA Cert that can be used to generate the client Certificate for establishing secure connection to the OTEL in gRPC mode")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.Tracing.ServiceName, "otel-service-name", tracing.DefaultServiceName, "OTEL Trace name to be used with the resources")
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.Tracing.ServiceNamespace, "otel-trace-namespace", "", "OTEL Trace namespace to be used with the resources")
-	fs.Float64Var(&rs.Tracing.SampleRate, "otel-sample-rate", 1.0, "Sample rate to collect the Traces")
-	fs.BoolVar(&rs.Tracing.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError, "otel-fallback-no-op-on-error", false, "Fallback to NoOp Tracer in case of error")
-	fs.BoolVar(&rs.EnableHTTP2, "enable-http2", false, "If http/2 should be enabled for the metrics and health check")
-	fs.Var(cliflag.NewMapStringBool(&rs.FeatureGates), "feature-gates", "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features. "+
-		"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(features.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.KnownFeatures(), "\n"))

 	componentbaseoptions.BindLeaderElectionFlags(&rs.LeaderElection, fs)

 	rs.SecureServing.AddFlags(fs)
 }
-
-func (rs *DeschedulerServer) Apply() error {
-	err := features.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.SetFromMap(rs.FeatureGates)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	rs.DefaultFeatureGates = features.DefaultMutableFeatureGate
-
-	// loopbackClientConfig is a config for a privileged loopback connection
-	var loopbackClientConfig *restclient.Config
-	var secureServing *apiserver.SecureServingInfo
-	if err := rs.SecureServing.ApplyTo(&secureServing, &loopbackClientConfig); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to apply secure server configuration")
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if secureServing != nil {
-		secureServing.DisableHTTP2 = !rs.EnableHTTP2
-		rs.SecureServingInfo = secureServing
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
@@ -20,23 +20,22 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"

-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"

 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/tracing"

-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	apiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/mux"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
-	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
+	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	registry "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
+	jsonLog "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json"
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -49,91 +48,73 @@ func NewDeschedulerCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to initialize server")
 	}

-	featureGate := featuregate.NewFeatureGate()
-	logConfig := logsapi.NewLoggingConfiguration()
-
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "descheduler",
 		Short: "descheduler",
-		Long:  "The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes",
-		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logs.InitLogs()
-			if logsapi.ValidateAndApply(logConfig, featureGate); err != nil {
-				return err
+		Long:  `The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes`,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			// s.Logs.Config.Format = s.Logging.Format
+
+			// LoopbackClientConfig is a config for a privileged loopback connection
+			var LoopbackClientConfig *restclient.Config
+			var SecureServing *apiserver.SecureServingInfo
+			if err := s.SecureServing.ApplyTo(&SecureServing, &LoopbackClientConfig); err != nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to apply secure server configuration")
+				return
 			}
-			descheduler.SetupPlugins()
-			return nil
-		},
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if err = s.Apply(); err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to apply")
-				return err
+			var factory registry.LogFormatFactory
+
+			if s.Logging.Format == "json" {
+				factory = jsonLog.Factory{}
 			}

-			if err = Run(cmd.Context(), s); err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to run descheduler server")
-				return err
+			if factory == nil {
+				klog.ClearLogger()
+			} else {
+				log, logrFlush := factory.Create(registry.LoggingConfiguration{
+					Format:    s.Logging.Format,
+					Verbosity: s.Logging.Verbosity,
+				})
+				defer logrFlush()
+				klog.SetLogger(log)
 			}

-			return nil
+			ctx, done := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+			pathRecorderMux := mux.NewPathRecorderMux("descheduler")
+			if !s.DisableMetrics {
+				pathRecorderMux.Handle("/metrics", legacyregistry.HandlerWithReset())
+			}
+
+			healthz.InstallHandler(pathRecorderMux, healthz.NamedCheck("Descheduler", healthz.PingHealthz.Check))
+
+			stoppedCh, _, err := SecureServing.Serve(pathRecorderMux, 0, ctx.Done())
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Fatalf("failed to start secure server: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			err = Run(ctx, s)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(err, "descheduler server")
+			}
+
+			done()
+			// wait for metrics server to close
+			<-stoppedCh
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.SetOut(out)
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 	s.AddFlags(flags)
-
-	runtime.Must(logsapi.AddFeatureGates(featureGate))
-	logsapi.AddFlags(logConfig, flags)
-
 	return cmd
 }

-func Run(rootCtx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
-	ctx, done := signal.NotifyContext(rootCtx, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-
-	pathRecorderMux := mux.NewPathRecorderMux("descheduler")
-	if !rs.DisableMetrics {
-		pathRecorderMux.Handle("/metrics", legacyregistry.HandlerWithReset())
-	}
-
-	healthz.InstallHandler(pathRecorderMux, healthz.NamedCheck("Descheduler", healthz.PingHealthz.Check))
-
-	var stoppedCh <-chan struct{}
-	var err error
-	if rs.SecureServingInfo != nil {
-		stoppedCh, _, err = rs.SecureServingInfo.Serve(pathRecorderMux, 0, ctx.Done())
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.Fatalf("failed to start secure server: %v", err)
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = tracing.NewTracerProvider(ctx, rs.Tracing.CollectorEndpoint, rs.Tracing.TransportCert, rs.Tracing.ServiceName, rs.Tracing.ServiceNamespace, rs.Tracing.SampleRate, rs.Tracing.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to create tracer provider")
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		// we give the tracing.Shutdown() its own context as the
-		// original context may have been cancelled already. we
-		// have arbitrarily chosen the timeout duration.
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
-		defer cancel()
-		tracing.Shutdown(ctx)
-	}()
-
-	// increase the fake watch channel so the dry-run mode can be run
-	// over a cluster with thousands of pods
-	watch.DefaultChanSize = 100000
-	err = descheduler.Run(ctx, rs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	done()
-	if stoppedCh != nil {
-		// wait for metrics server to close
-		<-stoppedCh
-	}
-
-	return nil
+func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
+	return descheduler.Run(ctx, rs)
+}
+
+func SetupLogs() {
+	klog.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+	klog.InitFlags(nil)
 }
--- a/cmd/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -21,8 +21,14 @@ import (

 	"k8s.io/component-base/cli"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler"
 )

+func init() {
+	app.SetupLogs()
+	descheduler.SetupPlugins()
+}
+
 func main() {
 	out := os.Stdout
 	cmd := app.NewDeschedulerCommand(out)
--- a/docs/cli/descheduler.md
+++ b/docs/cli/descheduler.md
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-## descheduler
-
-descheduler
-
-### Synopsis
-
-The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes
-
-```
-descheduler [flags]
-```
-
-### Options
-
-```
-      --bind-address ip                          The IP address on which to listen for the --secure-port port. The associated interface(s) must be reachable by the rest of the cluster, and by CLI/web clients. If blank or an unspecified address (0.0.0.0 or ::), all interfaces and IP address families will be used. (default 0.0.0.0)
-      --cert-dir string                          The directory where the TLS certs are located. If --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file are provided, this flag will be ignored. (default "apiserver.local.config/certificates")
-      --client-connection-burst int32            Burst to use for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.
-      --client-connection-kubeconfig string      File path to kube configuration for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.
-      --client-connection-qps float32            QPS to use for interacting with kubernetes apiserver.
-      --descheduling-interval duration           Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.
-      --disable-http2-serving                    If true, HTTP2 serving will be disabled [default=false]
-      --disable-metrics                          Disables metrics. The metrics are by default served through https://localhost:10258/metrics. Secure address, resp. port can be changed through --bind-address, resp. --secure-port flags.
-      --dry-run                                  Execute descheduler in dry run mode.
-      --enable-http2                             If http/2 should be enabled for the metrics and health check
-      --feature-gates mapStringBool              A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features. Options are:
-                                                 AllAlpha=true|false (ALPHA - default=false)
-                                                 AllBeta=true|false (BETA - default=false)
-                                                 EvictionsInBackground=true|false (ALPHA - default=false)
-  -h, --help                                     help for descheduler
-      --http2-max-streams-per-connection int     The limit that the server gives to clients for the maximum number of streams in an HTTP/2 connection. Zero means to use golang's default.
-      --kubeconfig string                        File with kube configuration. Deprecated, use client-connection-kubeconfig instead.
-      --leader-elect                             Start a leader election client and gain leadership before executing the main loop. Enable this when running replicated components for high availability.
-      --leader-elect-lease-duration duration     The duration that non-leader candidates will wait after observing a leadership renewal until attempting to acquire leadership of a led but unrenewed leader slot. This is effectively the maximum duration that a leader can be stopped before it is replaced by another candidate. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 2m17s)
-      --leader-elect-renew-deadline duration     The interval between attempts by the acting master to renew a leadership slot before it stops leading. This must be less than the lease duration. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 1m47s)
-      --leader-elect-resource-lock string        The type of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. Supported options are 'leases'. (default "leases")
-      --leader-elect-resource-name string        The name of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. (default "descheduler")
-      --leader-elect-resource-namespace string   The namespace of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. (default "kube-system")
-      --leader-elect-retry-period duration       The duration the clients should wait between attempting acquisition and renewal of a leadership. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 26s)
-      --log-flush-frequency duration             Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
-      --log-json-info-buffer-size quantity       [Alpha] In JSON format with split output streams, the info messages can be buffered for a while to increase performance. The default value of zero bytes disables buffering. The size can be specified as number of bytes (512), multiples of 1000 (1K), multiples of 1024 (2Ki), or powers of those (3M, 4G, 5Mi, 6Gi). Enable the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate to use this.
-      --log-json-split-stream                    [Alpha] In JSON format, write error messages to stderr and info messages to stdout. The default is to write a single stream to stdout. Enable the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate to use this.
-      --log-text-info-buffer-size quantity       [Alpha] In text format with split output streams, the info messages can be buffered for a while to increase performance. The default value of zero bytes disables buffering. The size can be specified as number of bytes (512), multiples of 1000 (1K), multiples of 1024 (2Ki), or powers of those (3M, 4G, 5Mi, 6Gi). Enable the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate to use this.
-      --log-text-split-stream                    [Alpha] In text format, write error messages to stderr and info messages to stdout. The default is to write a single stream to stdout. Enable the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate to use this.
-      --logging-format string                    Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "json" (gated by LoggingBetaOptions), "text". (default "text")
-      --otel-collector-endpoint string           Set this flag to the OpenTelemetry Collector Service Address
-      --otel-fallback-no-op-on-error             Fallback to NoOp Tracer in case of error
-      --otel-sample-rate float                   Sample rate to collect the Traces (default 1)
-      --otel-service-name string                 OTEL Trace name to be used with the resources (default "descheduler")
-      --otel-trace-namespace string              OTEL Trace namespace to be used with the resources
-      --otel-transport-ca-cert string            Path of the CA Cert that can be used to generate the client Certificate for establishing secure connection to the OTEL in gRPC mode
-      --permit-address-sharing                   If true, SO_REUSEADDR will be used when binding the port. This allows binding to wildcard IPs like 0.0.0.0 and specific IPs in parallel, and it avoids waiting for the kernel to release sockets in TIME_WAIT state. [default=false]
-      --permit-port-sharing                      If true, SO_REUSEPORT will be used when binding the port, which allows more than one instance to bind on the same address and port. [default=false]
-      --policy-config-file string                File with descheduler policy configuration.
-      --secure-port int                          The port on which to serve HTTPS with authentication and authorization. If 0, don't serve HTTPS at all. (default 10258)
-      --tls-cert-file string                     File containing the default x509 Certificate for HTTPS. (CA cert, if any, concatenated after server cert). If HTTPS serving is enabled, and --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file are not provided, a self-signed certificate and key are generated for the public address and saved to the directory specified by --cert-dir.
-      --tls-cipher-suites strings                Comma-separated list of cipher suites for the server. If omitted, the default Go cipher suites will be used. 
-                                                 Preferred values: TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256. 
-                                                 Insecure values: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA.
-      --tls-min-version string                   Minimum TLS version supported. Possible values: VersionTLS10, VersionTLS11, VersionTLS12, VersionTLS13
-      --tls-private-key-file string              File containing the default x509 private key matching --tls-cert-file.
-      --tls-sni-cert-key namedCertKey            A pair of x509 certificate and private key file paths, optionally suffixed with a list of domain patterns which are fully qualified domain names, possibly with prefixed wildcard segments. The domain patterns also allow IP addresses, but IPs should only be used if the apiserver has visibility to the IP address requested by a client. If no domain patterns are provided, the names of the certificate are extracted. Non-wildcard matches trump over wildcard matches, explicit domain patterns trump over extracted names. For multiple key/certificate pairs, use the --tls-sni-cert-key multiple times. Examples: "example.crt,example.key" or "foo.crt,foo.key:*.foo.com,foo.com". (default [])
-  -v, --v Level                                  number for the log level verbosity
-      --vmodule pattern=N,...                    comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for text log format)
-```
-
-### SEE ALSO
-
-* [descheduler version](descheduler_version.md)	 - Version of descheduler
-
--- a/docs/cli/descheduler_version.md
+++ b/docs/cli/descheduler_version.md
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-## descheduler version
-
-Version of descheduler
-
-### Synopsis
-
-Prints the version of descheduler.
-
-```
-descheduler version [flags]
-```
-
-### Options
-
-```
-  -h, --help   help for version
-```
-
-### SEE ALSO
-
-* [descheduler](descheduler.md)	 - descheduler
-
--- a/docs/contributor-guide.md
+++ b/docs/contributor-guide.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Required Tools

 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
- [Go 1.23+](https://golang.org/dl/)
+- [Go 1.16+](https://golang.org/dl/)
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/)
 - [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl)
 - [kind v0.10.0+](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ make

 Run descheduler.
 ```sh
-./_output/bin/descheduler --client-connection-kubeconfig <path to kubeconfig> --policy-config-file <path-to-policy-file> --v 1
+./_output/bin/descheduler --kubeconfig <path to kubeconfig> --policy-config-file <path-to-policy-file> --v 1
 ```

 View all CLI options.
--- a/docs/release-guide.md
+++ b/docs/release-guide.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ When the above pre-release steps are complete and the release is ready to be cut
 3. Perform the [image promotion process](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/main/k8s.gcr.io#image-promoter). [Example](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/pull/3344)
 4. Cut release branch from `master`, eg `release-1.24`
 5. Publish release using Github's release process from the git tag you created
-6. Email `sig-scheduling@kubernetes.io` to announce the release
+6. Email `kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com` to announce the release

 **Patch release**
 1. Pick relevant code change commits to the matching release branch, eg `release-1.24`
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ When the above pre-release steps are complete and the release is ready to be cut
 3. Merge Helm chart version update to release branch
 4. Perform the image promotion process for the patch version
 5. Publish release using Github's release process from the git tag you created
-6. Email `sig-scheduling@kubernetes.io` to announce the release
+6. Email `kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com` to announce the release

 ### Flowchart

--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ Starting with descheduler release v0.10.0 container images are available in the

 Descheduler Version | Container Image                                 | Architectures           |
 ------------------- |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
-v0.34.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.34.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.33.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.33.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.32.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.32.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.31.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.31.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.30.1             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.30.1 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.30.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.30.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.29.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.29.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.26.1             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.26.1 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.26.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.26.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.25.1             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.25.1 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.25.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.25.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.24.1             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.24.1 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.24.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.24.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.23.1             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.23.1 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.22.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.22.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.21.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.21.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
+v0.20.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.20.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64          |
+v0.19.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.19.0 | AMD64                   |
+v0.18.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.18.0 | AMD64                   |
+v0.10.0             | registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.10.0 | AMD64                   |

 Note that multi-arch container images cannot be pulled by [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) from a registry. Therefore
 starting with descheduler release v0.20.0 use the below process to download the official descheduler
@@ -25,7 +31,65 @@ kind load docker-image registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.20.0
 The [examples](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/tree/master/examples) directory has descheduler policy configuration examples.

 ## CLI Options
-The descheduler has many CLI options that can be used to override its default behavior. Please check the [CLI Options](./cli/descheduler.md) documentation for details
+The descheduler has many CLI options that can be used to override its default behavior.
+```
+descheduler --help
+The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes
+
+Usage:
+  descheduler [flags]
+  descheduler [command]
+
+Available Commands:
+  completion  generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
+  help        Help about any command
+  version     Version of descheduler
+
+Flags:
+      --add-dir-header                           If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --alsologtostderr                          log to standard error as well as files (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --bind-address ip                          The IP address on which to listen for the --secure-port port. The associated interface(s) must be reachable by the rest of the cluster, and by CLI/web clients. If blank or an unspecified address (0.0.0.0 or ::), all interfaces will be used. (default 0.0.0.0)
+      --cert-dir string                          The directory where the TLS certs are located. If --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file are provided, this flag will be ignored. (default "apiserver.local.config/certificates")
+      --descheduling-interval duration           Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.
+      --disable-metrics                          Disables metrics. The metrics are by default served through https://localhost:10258/metrics. Secure address, resp. port can be changed through --bind-address, resp. --secure-port flags.
+      --dry-run                                  execute descheduler in dry run mode.
+  -h, --help                                     help for descheduler
+      --http2-max-streams-per-connection int     The limit that the server gives to clients for the maximum number of streams in an HTTP/2 connection. Zero means to use golang's default.
+      --kubeconfig string                        File with  kube configuration.
+      --leader-elect                             Start a leader election client and gain leadership before executing the main loop. Enable this when running replicated components for high availability.
+      --leader-elect-lease-duration duration     The duration that non-leader candidates will wait after observing a leadership renewal until attempting to acquire leadership of a led but unrenewed leader slot. This is effectively the maximum duration that a leader can be stopped before it is replaced by another candidate. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 15s)
+      --leader-elect-renew-deadline duration     The interval between attempts by the acting master to renew a leadership slot before it stops leading. This must be less than or equal to the lease duration. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 10s)
+      --leader-elect-resource-lock string        The type of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. Supported options are 'endpoints', 'configmaps', 'leases', 'endpointsleases' and 'configmapsleases'. (default "leases")
+      --leader-elect-resource-name string        The name of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. (default "descheduler")
+      --leader-elect-resource-namespace string   The namespace of resource object that is used for locking during leader election. (default "kube-system")
+      --leader-elect-retry-period duration       The duration the clients should wait between attempting acquisition and renewal of a leadership. This is only applicable if leader election is enabled. (default 2s)
+      --log-backtrace-at traceLocation           when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0) (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --log_dir string                           If non-empty, write log files in this directory (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --log_file string                          If non-empty, use this log file (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --log_file_max_size uint                   Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800) (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --log-flush-frequency duration             Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
+      --logging-format string                    Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "text", "json". Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add-dir-header, --alsologtostderr, --log-backtrace-at, --log_dir, --log_file, --log_file_max_size, --logtostderr, --skip-headers, --skip-log-headers, --stderrthreshold, --log-flush-frequency.\nNon-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning. (default "text")
+      --logtostderr                              log to standard error instead of files (default true) (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --one-output                               If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level) (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --permit-address-sharing                   If true, SO_REUSEADDR will be used when binding the port. This allows binding to wildcard IPs like 0.0.0.0 and specific IPs in parallel, and it avoids waiting for the kernel to release sockets in TIME_WAIT state. [default=false]
+      --permit-port-sharing                      If true, SO_REUSEPORT will be used when binding the port, which allows more than one instance to bind on the same address and port. [default=false]
+      --policy-config-file string                File with descheduler policy configuration.
+      --secure-port int                          The port on which to serve HTTPS with authentication and authorization. If 0, don't serve HTTPS at all. (default 10258)
+      --skip-headers                             If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --skip-log-headers                         If true, avoid headers when opening log files (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --stderrthreshold severity                 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2) (DEPRECATED: will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-instrumentation/2845-deprecate-klog-specific-flags-in-k8s-components)
+      --tls-cert-file string                     File containing the default x509 Certificate for HTTPS. (CA cert, if any, concatenated after server cert). If HTTPS serving is enabled, and --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file are not provided, a self-signed certificate and key are generated for the public address and saved to the directory specified by --cert-dir.
+      --tls-cipher-suites strings                Comma-separated list of cipher suites for the server. If omitted, the default Go cipher suites will be used. 
+                                                 Preferred values: TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384. 
+                                                 Insecure values: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA.
+      --tls-min-version string                   Minimum TLS version supported. Possible values: VersionTLS10, VersionTLS11, VersionTLS12, VersionTLS13
+      --tls-private-key-file string              File containing the default x509 private key matching --tls-cert-file.
+      --tls-sni-cert-key namedCertKey            A pair of x509 certificate and private key file paths, optionally suffixed with a list of domain patterns which are fully qualified domain names, possibly with prefixed wildcard segments. The domain patterns also allow IP addresses, but IPs should only be used if the apiserver has visibility to the IP address requested by a client. If no domain patterns are provided, the names of the certificate are extracted. Non-wildcard matches trump over wildcard matches, explicit domain patterns trump over extracted names. For multiple key/certificate pairs, use the --tls-sni-cert-key multiple times. Examples: "example.crt,example.key" or "foo.crt,foo.key:*.foo.com,foo.com". (default [])
+  -v, --v Level                                  number for the log level verbosity
+      --vmodule moduleSpec                       comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
+
+Use "descheduler [command] --help" for more information about a command.
+```

 ## Production Use Cases
 This section contains descriptions of real world production use cases.
@@ -47,23 +111,19 @@ descheduler -v=3 --evict-local-storage-pods --policy-config-file=pod-life-time.y
 This policy configuration file ensures that pods created more than 7 days ago are evicted.
 ```
 ---
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "PodLifeTime"
-      args:
-        maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "PodLifeTime"
+strategies:
+  "PodLifeTime":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      podLifeTime:
+        maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800 # pods run for a maximum of 7 days
 ```

 ### Balance Cluster By Node Memory Utilization
 If your cluster has been running for a long period of time, you may find that the resource utilization is not very
-balanced. The following two strategies can be used to rebalance your cluster based on `cpu`, `memory`
+balanced. The following two strategies can be used to rebalance your cluster based on `cpu`, `memory` 
 or `number of pods`.

 #### Balance high utilization nodes
@@ -71,21 +131,17 @@ Using `LowNodeUtilization`, descheduler will rebalance the cluster based on memo
 from nodes with memory utilization over 70% to nodes with memory utilization below 20%.

 ```
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "LowNodeUtilization"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "LowNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
        thresholds:
          "memory": 20
        targetThresholds:
          "memory": 70
-    plugins:
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "LowNodeUtilization"
 ```

 #### Balance low utilization nodes
@@ -94,19 +150,15 @@ from nodes with memory utilization lower than 20%. This should be use `NodeResou
 The evicted pods will be compacted into minimal set of nodes.

 ```
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "HighNodeUtilization"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "HighNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
        thresholds:
          "memory": 20
-    plugins:
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "HighNodeUtilization"
 ```

 ### Autoheal Node Problems
--- a/examples/failed-pods.yaml
+++ b/examples/failed-pods.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "RemoveFailedPods"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "RemoveFailedPods":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      failedPods:
        reasons:
        - "OutOfcpu"
        - "CreateContainerConfigError"
        includingInitContainers: true
        excludeOwnerKinds:
        - "Job"
-        minPodLifetimeSeconds: 3600
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemoveFailedPods"
+        minPodLifetimeSeconds: 3600 # 1 hour
--- a/examples/high-node-utilization.yml
+++ b/examples/high-node-utilization.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "HighNodeUtilization"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "HighNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
        thresholds:
          "memory": 20
-    plugins:
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "HighNodeUtilization"
--- a/examples/low-node-utilization.yml
+++ b/examples/low-node-utilization.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "LowNodeUtilization"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "LowNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
        thresholds:
          "memory": 20
        targetThresholds:
          "memory": 70
-    plugins:
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "LowNodeUtilization"
--- a/examples/node-affinity.yml
+++ b/examples/node-affinity.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity"
-      args:
-        nodeAffinityType:
-        - "requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution"
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity"
+strategies:
+  "RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      nodeAffinityType:
+      - "requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution"
--- a/examples/pod-life-time.yml
+++ b/examples/pod-life-time.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "PodLifeTime"
-      args:
+strategies:
+  "PodLifeTime":
+    enabled: true
+    params:
+      podLifeTime:
        maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800 # 7 days
        states:
        - "Pending"
        - "PodInitializing"
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "PodLifeTime"
--- a/examples/policy.yaml
+++ b/examples/policy.yaml
@@ -1,36 +1,29 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "RemoveDuplicates"
-    - name: "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"
-    - name: "LowNodeUtilization"
-      args:
-        thresholds:
-          "cpu" : 20
-          "memory": 20
-          "pods": 20
-        targetThresholds:
-          "cpu" : 50
-          "memory": 50
-          "pods": 50
-    - name: "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts"
-      args:
-        podRestartThreshold: 100
-        includingInitContainers: true
-    - name: "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint"
-      args:
-        constraints:
-          - DoNotSchedule
-          - ScheduleAnyway
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"
-          - "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts"
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemoveDuplicates"
-          - "LowNodeUtilization"
-          - "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint"
+strategies:
+  "RemoveDuplicates":
+     enabled: true
+  "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":
+     enabled: true
+  "LowNodeUtilization":
+     enabled: true
+     params:
+       nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
+         thresholds:
+           "cpu" : 20
+           "memory": 20
+           "pods": 20
+         targetThresholds:
+           "cpu" : 50
+           "memory": 50
+           "pods": 50
+  "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts":
+     enabled: true
+     params:
+       podsHavingTooManyRestarts:
+         podRestartThreshold: 100
+         includingInitContainers: true
+  "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint":
+     enabled: true
+     params:
+       includeSoftConstraints: true
--- a/examples/too-many-restarts.yml
+++ b/examples/too-many-restarts.yml
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts"
-      args:
-        podRestartThreshold: 100
-        includingInitContainers: true
-        states:
-        - CrashLoopBackOff
-    plugins:
-      deschedule:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts"
--- a/examples/topology-spread-constraint.yaml
+++ b/examples/topology-spread-constraint.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-profiles:
-  - name: ProfileName
-    pluginConfig:
-    - name: "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint"
-      args:
-        constraints:
-          - DoNotSchedule
-          - ScheduleAnyway
-    plugins:
-      balance:
-        enabled:
-          - "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint"
+strategies:
+  "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint":
+     enabled: true
+     params:
+       nodeFit: true
+       includeSoftConstraints: true # Include 'ScheduleAnyways' constraints
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,138 +1,110 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/descheduler

-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.3
-
-godebug default=go1.24
+go 1.19

 require (
 	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.64.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.36.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2
-	k8s.io/api v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	k8s.io/metrics v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
-	kubevirt.io/api v1.3.0
-	kubevirt.io/client-go v1.3.0
-	kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.60.1 // indirect; drops dependency on o/api
-	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	k8s.io/api v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.26.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221128185143-99ec85e7a448
+	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.0.1
 )

-require golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
-
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr v1.4.10 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 // indirect
-	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.13.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/glog v1.2.4 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
-	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20210514010506-3b9f47219fe7 // indirect
-	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200824053859-8c8b3816f167 // indirect
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.12.5 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mmarkdown/mmark v2.0.40+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
-	github.com/openshift/custom-resource-status v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
-	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.60.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.40.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.25.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250519155744-55703ea1f237 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250519155744-55703ea1f237 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.2.0 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.5 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.5 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.5 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.35.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.35.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.31.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.1.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.3.1-0.20221206200815-1e63c2f08a10 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.2.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220502173005-c8bf987b8c21 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.49.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250604051438-85fd79dbfd9f // indirect
-	k8s.io/kms v0.34.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.30.0 // indirect
-	kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.0.0-20220329064328-f3cc58c6ed90 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20220902162205-c0856e24416d // indirect
+	k8s.io/kms v0.26.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.33 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
-
-replace k8s.io/kube-openapi => k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
--- a/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh
+++ b/hack/cherry_pick_pull.sh
@@ -1,257 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Usage Instructions: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md
-
-# Checkout a PR from GitHub. (Yes, this is sitting in a Git tree. How
-# meta.) Assumes you care about pulls from remote "upstream" and
-# checks them out to a branch named:
-#  automated-cherry-pick-of-<pr>-<target branch>-<timestamp>
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-declare -r REPO_ROOT
-cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
-
-STARTINGBRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
-declare -r STARTINGBRANCH
-declare -r REBASEMAGIC="${REPO_ROOT}/.git/rebase-apply"
-DRY_RUN=${DRY_RUN:-""}
-REGENERATE_DOCS=${REGENERATE_DOCS:-""}
-UPSTREAM_REMOTE=${UPSTREAM_REMOTE:-upstream}
-FORK_REMOTE=${FORK_REMOTE:-origin}
-MAIN_REPO_ORG=${MAIN_REPO_ORG:-$(git remote get-url "$UPSTREAM_REMOTE" | awk '{gsub(/http[s]:\/\/|git@/,"")}1' | awk -F'[@:./]' 'NR==1{print $3}')}
-MAIN_REPO_NAME=${MAIN_REPO_NAME:-$(git remote get-url "$UPSTREAM_REMOTE" | awk '{gsub(/http[s]:\/\/|git@/,"")}1' | awk -F'[@:./]' 'NR==1{print $4}')}
-
-if [[ -z ${GITHUB_USER:-} ]]; then
-  echo "Please export GITHUB_USER=<your-user> (or GH organization, if that's where your fork lives)"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v gh > /dev/null; then
-  echo "Can't find 'gh' tool in PATH, please install from https://github.com/cli/cli"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ "$#" -lt 2 ]]; then
-  echo "${0} <remote branch> <pr-number>...: cherry pick one or more <pr> onto <remote branch> and leave instructions for proposing pull request"
-  echo
-  echo "  Checks out <remote branch> and handles the cherry-pick of <pr> (possibly multiple) for you."
-  echo "  Examples:"
-  echo "    $0 upstream/release-3.14 12345        # Cherry-picks PR 12345 onto upstream/release-3.14 and proposes that as a PR."
-  echo "    $0 upstream/release-3.14 12345 56789  # Cherry-picks PR 12345, then 56789 and proposes the combination as a single PR."
-  echo
-  echo "  Set the DRY_RUN environment var to skip git push and creating PR."
-  echo "  This is useful for creating patches to a release branch without making a PR."
-  echo "  When DRY_RUN is set the script will leave you in a branch containing the commits you cherry-picked."
-  echo
-  echo "  Set the REGENERATE_DOCS environment var to regenerate documentation for the target branch after picking the specified commits."
-  echo "  This is useful when picking commits containing changes to API documentation."
-  echo
-  echo "  Set UPSTREAM_REMOTE (default: upstream) and FORK_REMOTE (default: origin)"
-  echo "  to override the default remote names to what you have locally."
-  echo
-  echo "  For merge process info, see https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md"
-  exit 2
-fi
-
-# Checks if you are logged in. Will error/bail if you are not.
-gh auth status
-
-if git_status=$(git status --porcelain --untracked=no 2>/dev/null) && [[ -n "${git_status}" ]]; then
-  echo "!!! Dirty tree. Clean up and try again."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -e "${REBASEMAGIC}" ]]; then
-  echo "!!! 'git rebase' or 'git am' in progress. Clean up and try again."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-declare -r BRANCH="$1"
-shift 1
-declare -r PULLS=( "$@" )
-
-function join { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
-PULLDASH=$(join - "${PULLS[@]/#/#}") # Generates something like "#12345-#56789"
-declare -r PULLDASH
-PULLSUBJ=$(join " " "${PULLS[@]/#/#}") # Generates something like "#12345 #56789"
-declare -r PULLSUBJ
-
-echo "+++ Updating remotes..."
-git remote update "${UPSTREAM_REMOTE}" "${FORK_REMOTE}"
-
-if ! git log -n1 --format=%H "${BRANCH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "!!! '${BRANCH}' not found. The second argument should be something like ${UPSTREAM_REMOTE}/release-0.21."
-  echo "    (In particular, it needs to be a valid, existing remote branch that I can 'git checkout'.)"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-NEWBRANCHREQ="automated-cherry-pick-of-${PULLDASH}" # "Required" portion for tools.
-declare -r NEWBRANCHREQ
-NEWBRANCH="$(echo "${NEWBRANCHREQ}-${BRANCH}" | sed 's/\//-/g')"
-declare -r NEWBRANCH
-NEWBRANCHUNIQ="${NEWBRANCH}-$(date +%s)"
-declare -r NEWBRANCHUNIQ
-echo "+++ Creating local branch ${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}"
-
-cleanbranch=""
-gitamcleanup=false
-function return_to_kansas {
-  if [[ "${gitamcleanup}" == "true" ]]; then
-    echo
-    echo "+++ Aborting in-progress git am."
-    git am --abort >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-  fi
-
-  # return to the starting branch and delete the PR text file
-  if [[ -z "${DRY_RUN}" ]]; then
-    echo
-    echo "+++ Returning you to the ${STARTINGBRANCH} branch and cleaning up."
-    git checkout -f "${STARTINGBRANCH}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    if [[ -n "${cleanbranch}" ]]; then
-      git branch -D "${cleanbranch}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-trap return_to_kansas EXIT
-
-SUBJECTS=()
-function make-a-pr() {
-  local rel
-  rel="$(basename "${BRANCH}")"
-  echo
-  echo "+++ Creating a pull request on GitHub at ${GITHUB_USER}:${NEWBRANCH}"
-
-  local numandtitle
-  numandtitle=$(printf '%s\n' "${SUBJECTS[@]}")
-  prtext=$(cat <<EOF
-Cherry pick of ${PULLSUBJ} on ${rel}.
-
-${numandtitle}
-
-For details on the cherry pick process, see the [cherry pick requests](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/cherry-picks.md) page.
-
-\`\`\`release-note
-
-\`\`\`
-EOF
-)
-
-  gh pr create --title="Automated cherry pick of ${numandtitle}" --body="${prtext}" --head "${GITHUB_USER}:${NEWBRANCH}" --base "${rel}" --repo="${MAIN_REPO_ORG}/${MAIN_REPO_NAME}"
-}
-
-git checkout -b "${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}" "${BRANCH}"
-cleanbranch="${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}"
-
-gitamcleanup=true
-for pull in "${PULLS[@]}"; do
-  echo "+++ Downloading patch to /tmp/${pull}.patch (in case you need to do this again)"
-
-  curl -o "/tmp/${pull}.patch" -sSL "https://github.com/${MAIN_REPO_ORG}/${MAIN_REPO_NAME}/pull/${pull}.patch"
-  echo
-  echo "+++ About to attempt cherry pick of PR. To reattempt:"
-  echo "  $ git am -3 /tmp/${pull}.patch"
-  echo
-  git am -3 "/tmp/${pull}.patch" || {
-    conflicts=false
-    while unmerged=$(git status --porcelain | grep ^U) && [[ -n ${unmerged} ]] \
-      || [[ -e "${REBASEMAGIC}" ]]; do
-      conflicts=true # <-- We should have detected conflicts once
-      echo
-      echo "+++ Conflicts detected:"
-      echo
-      (git status --porcelain | grep ^U) || echo "!!! None. Did you git am --continue?"
-      echo
-      echo "+++ Please resolve the conflicts in another window (and remember to 'git add / git am --continue')"
-      read -p "+++ Proceed (anything other than 'y' aborts the cherry-pick)? [y/n] " -r
-      echo
-      if ! [[ "${REPLY}" =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
-        echo "Aborting." >&2
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    done
-
-    if [[ "${conflicts}" != "true" ]]; then
-      echo "!!! git am failed, likely because of an in-progress 'git am' or 'git rebase'"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  }
-
-  # set the subject
-  subject=$(grep -m 1 "^Subject" "/tmp/${pull}.patch" | sed -e 's/Subject: \[PATCH//g' | sed 's/.*] //')
-  SUBJECTS+=("#${pull}: ${subject}")
-
-  # remove the patch file from /tmp
-  rm -f "/tmp/${pull}.patch"
-done
-gitamcleanup=false
-
-# Re-generate docs (if needed)
-if [[ -n "${REGENERATE_DOCS}" ]]; then
-  echo
-  echo "Regenerating docs..."
-  if ! hack/generate-docs.sh; then
-    echo
-    echo "hack/generate-docs.sh FAILED to complete."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "${DRY_RUN}" ]]; then
-  echo "!!! Skipping git push and PR creation because you set DRY_RUN."
-  echo "To return to the branch you were in when you invoked this script:"
-  echo
-  echo "  git checkout ${STARTINGBRANCH}"
-  echo
-  echo "To delete this branch:"
-  echo
-  echo "  git branch -D ${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if git remote -v | grep ^"${FORK_REMOTE}" | grep "${MAIN_REPO_ORG}/${MAIN_REPO_NAME}.git"; then
-  echo "!!! You have ${FORK_REMOTE} configured as your ${MAIN_REPO_ORG}/${MAIN_REPO_NAME}.git"
-  echo "This isn't normal. Leaving you with push instructions:"
-  echo
-  echo "+++ First manually push the branch this script created:"
-  echo
-  echo "  git push REMOTE ${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}:${NEWBRANCH}"
-  echo
-  echo "where REMOTE is your personal fork (maybe ${UPSTREAM_REMOTE}? Consider swapping those.)."
-  echo "OR consider setting UPSTREAM_REMOTE and FORK_REMOTE to different values."
-  echo
-  make-a-pr
-  cleanbranch=""
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "+++ I'm about to do the following to push to GitHub (and I'm assuming ${FORK_REMOTE} is your personal fork):"
-echo
-echo "  git push ${FORK_REMOTE} ${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}:${NEWBRANCH}"
-echo
-read -p "+++ Proceed (anything other than 'y' aborts the cherry-pick)? [y/n] " -r
-if ! [[ "${REPLY}" =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
-  echo "Aborting." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-git push "${FORK_REMOTE}" -f "${NEWBRANCHUNIQ}:${NEWBRANCH}"
-make-a-pr
--- a/hack/doc-gen/main.go
+++ b/hack/doc-gen/main.go
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app"
-)
-
-var docGenPath = "docs/cli"
-
-func main() {
-	cmd := app.NewDeschedulerCommand(os.Stdout)
-	cmd.AddCommand(app.NewVersionCommand())
-	cmd.DisableAutoGenTag = true // Disable this so that the diff wont track it
-	if err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(cmd, docGenPath); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
--- a/hack/lib/generator-help.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/generator-help.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ function find_dirs_containing_comment_tags() {
     | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
     )

-   IFS=" ";
+   IFS=",";
   printf '%s' "${array[*]}";
 }
--- a/hack/lib/go.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/go.sh
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# go::verify_version verifies the go version is supported by the project.
-# descheduler actively supports 3 versions, therefore 3 go versions are supported.
-go::verify_version() {
-  GO_VERSION=($(go version))
-
-  if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.22|go1.23|go1.24') ]]; then
-    echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', skipping gofmt."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
--- a/hack/update-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/update-docs.sh
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-
-go run ${SCRIPT_DIR}/doc-gen
--- a/hack/update-generated-conversions.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-conversions.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/conversion-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/con

 ${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/conversion-gen \
 		--go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-		--output-file zz_generated.conversion.go \
-		$(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:conversion-gen=")
+		--input-dirs "$(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:conversion-gen=")" \
+		--output-file-base zz_generated.conversion
--- a/hack/update-generated-deep-copies.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-deep-copies.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepc

 ${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen \
                --go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-                --output-file zz_generated.deepcopy.go \
-                $(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:deepcopy-gen=")
+                --input-dirs "$(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:deepcopy-gen=")" \
+                --output-file-base zz_generated.deepcopy

--- a/hack/update-generated-defaulters.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-defaulters.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/defaulter-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defa

 ${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/defaulter-gen \
                --go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-                --extra-peer-dirs "${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/api/v1alpha2" \
-                --output-file zz_generated.defaults.go \
-                $(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:defaulter-gen=")
+                --input-dirs "$(find_dirs_containing_comment_tags "+k8s:defaulter-gen=")" \
+		--extra-peer-dirs "${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
+                --output-file-base zz_generated.defaults
--- a/hack/update-gofmt.sh
+++ b/hack/update-gofmt.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail

 DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/hack/lib/go.sh"

-go::verify_version
+GO_VERSION=($(go version))
+
+if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.17|go1.18|go1.19') ]]; then
+  echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', skipping gofmt."
+  exit 1
+fi

 cd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}"

--- a/hack/update-toc.sh
+++ b/hack/update-toc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
+
+go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc" "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc"
+
+${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc --inplace README.md
--- a/hack/verify-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-docs.sh
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-
-temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
-
-go run -ldflags "-X main.docGenPath=${temp_dir}" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/doc-gen
-
-if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../docs/cli "${temp_dir}")"; then
-    echo "Generated output differs:" >&2
-    echo "${_out}" >&2
-    echo "Generated conversions verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-docs.sh"
-    rm -rf ${temp_dir}
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-rm -rf ${temp_dir}
--- a/hack/verify-gofmt.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-gofmt.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail

 DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/hack/lib/go.sh"

-go::verify_version
+GO_VERSION=($(go version))
+
+if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.17|go1.18|go1.19') ]]; then
+  echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', skipping gofmt."
+  exit 1
+fi

 cd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}"

--- a/hack/verify-toc.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-toc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
+
+go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc" "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc"
+
+if ! ${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc --inplace --dryrun README.md
+then
+  echo "ERROR: Changes detected to table of contents. Run ./hack/update-toc.sh" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
--- a/hack/verify-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
    ret=1
  fi

-  if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr -x "BUILD" -x "AUTHORS*" -x "CONTRIBUTORS*" -x "README*" vendor "${_deschedulertmp}/vendor")"; then
+  if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr -x "BUILD" -x "AUTHORS*" -x "CONTRIBUTORS*" vendor "${_deschedulertmp}/vendor")"; then
    echo "Your vendored results are different:" >&2
    echo "${_out}" >&2
    echo "Vendor Verify failed." >&2
--- a/keps/1397-evictions-in-background/README.md
+++ b/keps/1397-evictions-in-background/README.md
--- a/keps/1397-evictions-in-background/kep.yaml
+++ b/keps/1397-evictions-in-background/kep.yaml
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-title: descheduler integration with evacuation API as an alternative to eviction API
-kep-number: 1397
-authors:
-  - "@ingvagabund"
-owning-sig: sig-scheduling
-participating-sigs:
-  - sig-apps
-status: provisional
-creation-date: 2024-04-14
-reviewers:
-  - atiratree
-approvers:
-  - TBD
-feature-gates:
-  - TBD
-stage: alpha
--- a/keps/753-descheduling-framework/README.md
+++ b/keps/753-descheduling-framework/README.md
--- a/keps/753-descheduling-framework/framework-workflow-diagram.png
+++ b/keps/753-descheduling-framework/framework-workflow-diagram.png
--- a/keps/753-descheduling-framework/kep.yaml
+++ b/keps/753-descheduling-framework/kep.yaml
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-title: Descheduling framework
-kep-number: 753
-authors:
-  - "@ingvagabund"
-  - "@damemi"
-owning-sig: sig-scheduling
-status: provisional
-creation-date: 2024-04-08
-reviewers:
-  - "@ingvagabund"
-  - "@damemi"
-  - "@a7i"
-  - "@knelasevero"
-approvers:
-  - "@ingvagabund"
-  - "@damemi"
-  - "@a7i"
-  - "@knelasevero"
-#replaces:
-
-# The target maturity stage in the current dev cycle for this KEP.
-stage: alpha
-
-# The most recent milestone for which work toward delivery of this KEP has been
-# done. This can be the current (upcoming) milestone, if it is being actively
-# worked on.
-# latest-milestone: "v1.19"
-
-# disable-supported: true
--- a/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
@@ -6,29 +6,23 @@ metadata:
  namespace: kube-system
 data:
  policy.yaml: |
-    apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha2"
+    apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
    kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-    profiles:
-      - name: ProfileName
-        pluginConfig:
-        - name: "DefaultEvictor"
-        - name: "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"
-        - name: "RemoveDuplicates"
-        - name: "LowNodeUtilization"
-          args:
-            thresholds:
-              "cpu" : 20
-              "memory": 20
-              "pods": 20
-            targetThresholds:
-              "cpu" : 50
-              "memory": 50
-              "pods": 50
-        plugins:
-          balance:
-            enabled:
-              - "LowNodeUtilization"
-              - "RemoveDuplicates"
-          deschedule:
-            enabled:
-              - "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"
+    strategies:
+      "RemoveDuplicates":
+         enabled: true
+      "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":
+         enabled: true
+      "LowNodeUtilization":
+         enabled: true
+         params:
+           nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
+             thresholds:
+               "cpu" : 20
+               "memory": 20
+               "pods": 20
+             targetThresholds:
+               "cpu" : 50
+               "memory": 50
+               "pods": 50
+
--- a/kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
@@ -22,31 +22,13 @@ rules:
 - apiGroups: ["scheduling.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["priorityclasses"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
- apiGroups: ["policy"]
-  resources: ["poddisruptionbudgets"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
 - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["leases"]
-  verbs: ["create", "update"]
+  verbs: ["create"]
 - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["leases"]
  resourceNames: ["descheduler"]
  verbs: ["get", "patch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: ["metrics.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["nodes", "pods"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list"]
- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
---
-kind: Role
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: descheduler-role
-rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["secrets"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
@@ -66,16 +48,3 @@ subjects:
  - name: descheduler-sa
    kind: ServiceAccount
    namespace: kube-system
---
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: descheduler-role-binding
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: Role
-  name: descheduler-role
-subjects:
-  - name: descheduler-sa
-    kind: ServiceAccount
-    namespace: kube-system
--- a/kubernetes/cronjob/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cronjob/cronjob.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
          priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
          containers:
          - name: descheduler
-            image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.34.0
+            image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.26.1
            volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: /policy-dir
              name: policy-volume
--- a/kubernetes/deployment/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/deployment/deployment.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
      serviceAccountName: descheduler-sa
      containers:
        - name: descheduler
-          image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.34.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.26.1
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          command:
            - "/bin/descheduler"
--- a/kubernetes/job/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/job/job.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
      containers:
        - name: descheduler
-          image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.34.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.26.1
          volumeMounts:
          - mountPath: /policy-dir
            name: policy-volume
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -31,20 +31,12 @@ const (

 var (
 	PodsEvicted = metrics.NewCounterVec(
-		&metrics.CounterOpts{
-			Subsystem:         DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:              "pods_evicted",
-			Help:              "Number of total evicted pods, by the result, by the strategy, by the namespace, by the node name. 'error' result means a pod could not be evicted",
-			StabilityLevel:    metrics.ALPHA,
-			DeprecatedVersion: "0.34.0",
-		}, []string{"result", "strategy", "profile", "namespace", "node"})
-	PodsEvictedTotal = metrics.NewCounterVec(
 		&metrics.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem:      DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:           "pods_evicted_total",
-			Help:           "Number of total evicted pods, by the result, by the strategy, by the namespace, by the node name. 'error' result means a pod could not be evicted",
+			Name:           "pods_evicted",
+			Help:           "Number of evicted pods, by the result, by the strategy, by the namespace, by the node name. 'error' result means a pod could not be evicted",
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-		}, []string{"result", "strategy", "profile", "namespace", "node"})
+		}, []string{"result", "strategy", "namespace", "node"})

 	buildInfo = metrics.NewGauge(
 		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
@@ -56,50 +48,9 @@ var (
 		},
 	)

-	DeschedulerLoopDuration = metrics.NewHistogramVec(
-		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
-			Subsystem:         DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:              "descheduler_loop_duration_seconds",
-			Help:              "Time taken to complete a full descheduling cycle",
-			StabilityLevel:    metrics.ALPHA,
-			DeprecatedVersion: "0.34.0",
-			Buckets:           []float64{0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500},
-		}, []string{})
-	LoopDuration = metrics.NewHistogramVec(
-		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
-			Subsystem:      DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:           "loop_duration_seconds",
-			Help:           "Time taken to complete a full descheduling cycle",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-			Buckets:        []float64{0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500},
-		}, []string{})
-
-	DeschedulerStrategyDuration = metrics.NewHistogramVec(
-		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
-			Subsystem:         DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:              "descheduler_strategy_duration_seconds",
-			Help:              "Time taken to complete Each strategy of the descheduling operation",
-			StabilityLevel:    metrics.ALPHA,
-			DeprecatedVersion: "0.34.0",
-			Buckets:           []float64{0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100},
-		}, []string{"strategy", "profile"})
-	StrategyDuration = metrics.NewHistogramVec(
-		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
-			Subsystem:      DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:           "strategy_duration_seconds",
-			Help:           "Time taken to complete Each strategy of the descheduling operation",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-			Buckets:        []float64{0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100},
-		}, []string{"strategy", "profile"})
-
 	metricsList = []metrics.Registerable{
 		PodsEvicted,
-		PodsEvictedTotal,
 		buildInfo,
-		DeschedulerLoopDuration,
-		DeschedulerStrategyDuration,
-		LoopDuration,
-		StrategyDuration,
 	}
 )

--- a/pkg/api/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/conversion.go
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package api
--- a/pkg/api/sort.go
+++ b/pkg/api/sort.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ package api

 import "sort"

-func SortDeschedulerProfileByName(profiles []DeschedulerProfile) []DeschedulerProfile {
+func SortProfilesByName(profiles []Profile) []Profile {
 	sort.Slice(profiles, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return profiles[i].Name < profiles[j].Name
 	})
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package api

 import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ type DeschedulerPolicy struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta

 	// Profiles
-	Profiles []DeschedulerProfile
+	Profiles []Profile

 	// NodeSelector for a set of nodes to operate over
 	NodeSelector *string
@@ -39,39 +38,13 @@ type DeschedulerPolicy struct {

 	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per namespace.
 	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToTotal restricts maximum of pods to be evicted total.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal *uint
-
-	// EvictionFailureEventNotification should be set to true to enable eviction failure event notification.
-	// Default is false.
-	EvictionFailureEventNotification *bool
-
-	// MetricsCollector configures collection of metrics about actual resource utilization
-	// Deprecated. Use MetricsProviders field instead.
-	MetricsCollector *MetricsCollector
-
-	// MetricsProviders configure collection of metrics about actual resource utilization from various sources
-	MetricsProviders []MetricsProvider
-
-	// GracePeriodSeconds The duration in seconds before the object should be deleted. Value must be non-negative integer.
-	// The value zero indicates delete immediately. If this value is nil, the default grace period for the
-	// specified type will be used.
-	// Defaults to a per object value if not specified. zero means delete immediately.
-	GracePeriodSeconds *int64
 }

 // Namespaces carries a list of included/excluded namespaces
 // for which a given strategy is applicable
 type Namespaces struct {
-	Include []string `json:"include,omitempty"`
-	Exclude []string `json:"exclude,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// EvictionLimits limits the number of evictions per domain. E.g. node, namespace, total.
-type EvictionLimits struct {
-	// node restricts the maximum number of evictions per node
-	Node *uint `json:"node,omitempty"`
+	Include []string
+	Exclude []string
 }

 type (
@@ -80,11 +53,11 @@ type (
 )

 type PriorityThreshold struct {
-	Value *int32 `json:"value"`
-	Name  string `json:"name"`
+	Value *int32
+	Name  string
 }

-type DeschedulerProfile struct {
+type Profile struct {
 	Name          string
 	PluginConfigs []PluginConfig
 	Plugins       Plugins
@@ -100,6 +73,7 @@ type Plugins struct {
 	Sort              PluginSet
 	Deschedule        PluginSet
 	Balance           PluginSet
+	Evict             PluginSet
 	Filter            PluginSet
 	PreEvictionFilter PluginSet
 }
@@ -108,55 +82,3 @@ type PluginSet struct {
 	Enabled  []string
 	Disabled []string
 }
-
-type MetricsSource string
-
-const (
-	// KubernetesMetrics enables metrics from a Kubernetes metrics server.
-	// Please see https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/metrics-server/ for more.
-	KubernetesMetrics MetricsSource = "KubernetesMetrics"
-
-	// KubernetesMetrics enables metrics from a Prometheus metrics server.
-	PrometheusMetrics MetricsSource = "Prometheus"
-)
-
-// MetricsCollector configures collection of metrics about actual resource utilization
-type MetricsCollector struct {
-	// Enabled metrics collection from Kubernetes metrics.
-	// Deprecated. Use MetricsProvider.Source field instead.
-	Enabled bool
-}
-
-// MetricsProvider configures collection of metrics about actual resource utilization from a given source
-type MetricsProvider struct {
-	// Source enables metrics from Kubernetes metrics server.
-	Source MetricsSource
-
-	// Prometheus enables metrics collection through Prometheus
-	Prometheus *Prometheus
-}
-
-// ReferencedResourceList is an adaption of v1.ResourceList with resources as references
-type ReferencedResourceList = map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity
-
-type Prometheus struct {
-	URL string
-	// authToken used for authentication with the prometheus server.
-	// If not set the in cluster authentication token for the descheduler service
-	// account is read from the container's file system.
-	AuthToken *AuthToken
-}
-
-type AuthToken struct {
-	// secretReference references an authentication token.
-	// secrets are expected to be created under the descheduler's namespace.
-	SecretReference *SecretReference
-}
-
-// SecretReference holds a reference to a Secret
-type SecretReference struct {
-	// namespace is the namespace of the secret.
-	Namespace string
-	// name is the name of the secret.
-	Name string
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+
+func addDefaultingFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	return RegisterDefaults(scheme)
+}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
+
+// Package v1alpha1 is the v1alpha1 version of the descheduler API
+// +groupName=descheduler
+
+package v1alpha1 // import "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+var (
+	SchemeBuilder      = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+// GroupName is the group name used in this package
+const (
+	GroupName    = "descheduler"
+	GroupVersion = "v1alpha1"
+)
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: GroupVersion}
+
+// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
+func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
+}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	// TODO this will get cleaned up with the scheme types are fixed
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&DeschedulerPolicy{},
+	)
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+type DeschedulerPolicy struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+
+	// Strategies
+	Strategies StrategyList `json:"strategies,omitempty"`
+
+	// NodeSelector for a set of nodes to operate over
+	NodeSelector *string `json:"nodeSelector,omitempty"`
+
+	// EvictFailedBarePods allows pods without ownerReferences and in failed phase to be evicted.
+	EvictFailedBarePods *bool `json:"evictFailedBarePods,omitempty"`
+
+	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
+	EvictLocalStoragePods *bool `json:"evictLocalStoragePods,omitempty"`
+
+	// EvictSystemCriticalPods allows eviction of pods of any priority (including Kubernetes system pods)
+	EvictSystemCriticalPods *bool `json:"evictSystemCriticalPods,omitempty"`
+
+	// IgnorePVCPods prevents pods with PVCs from being evicted.
+	IgnorePVCPods *bool `json:"ignorePvcPods,omitempty"`
+
+	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per node.
+	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode *uint `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,omitempty"`
+
+	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per namespace.
+	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type (
+	StrategyName string
+	StrategyList map[StrategyName]DeschedulerStrategy
+)
+
+type DeschedulerStrategy struct {
+	// Enabled or disabled
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+
+	// Weight
+	Weight int `json:"weight,omitempty"`
+
+	// Strategy parameters
+	Params *StrategyParameters `json:"params,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Namespaces carries a list of included/excluded namespaces
+// for which a given strategy is applicable.
+type Namespaces struct {
+	Include []string `json:"include"`
+	Exclude []string `json:"exclude"`
+}
+
+// Besides Namespaces ThresholdPriority and ThresholdPriorityClassName only one of its members may be specified
+type StrategyParameters struct {
+	NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds `json:"nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds,omitempty"`
+	NodeAffinityType                  []string                           `json:"nodeAffinityType,omitempty"`
+	PodsHavingTooManyRestarts         *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts         `json:"podsHavingTooManyRestarts,omitempty"`
+	PodLifeTime                       *PodLifeTime                       `json:"podLifeTime,omitempty"`
+	RemoveDuplicates                  *RemoveDuplicates                  `json:"removeDuplicates,omitempty"`
+	FailedPods                        *FailedPods                        `json:"failedPods,omitempty"`
+	IncludeSoftConstraints            bool                               `json:"includeSoftConstraints"`
+	Namespaces                        *Namespaces                        `json:"namespaces"`
+	ThresholdPriority                 *int32                             `json:"thresholdPriority"`
+	ThresholdPriorityClassName        string                             `json:"thresholdPriorityClassName"`
+	LabelSelector                     *metav1.LabelSelector              `json:"labelSelector"`
+	NodeFit                           bool                               `json:"nodeFit"`
+	IncludePreferNoSchedule           bool                               `json:"includePreferNoSchedule"`
+	ExcludedTaints                    []string                           `json:"excludedTaints,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type (
+	Percentage         float64
+	ResourceThresholds map[v1.ResourceName]Percentage
+)
+
+type NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds struct {
+	UseDeviationThresholds bool               `json:"useDeviationThresholds,omitempty"`
+	Thresholds             ResourceThresholds `json:"thresholds,omitempty"`
+	TargetThresholds       ResourceThresholds `json:"targetThresholds,omitempty"`
+	NumberOfNodes          int                `json:"numberOfNodes,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type PodsHavingTooManyRestarts struct {
+	PodRestartThreshold     int32 `json:"podRestartThreshold,omitempty"`
+	IncludingInitContainers bool  `json:"includingInitContainers,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type RemoveDuplicates struct {
+	ExcludeOwnerKinds []string `json:"excludeOwnerKinds,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type PodLifeTime struct {
+	MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds *uint    `json:"maxPodLifeTimeSeconds,omitempty"`
+	States                []string `json:"states,omitempty"`
+
+	// Deprecated: Use States instead.
+	PodStatusPhases []string `json:"podStatusPhases,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type FailedPods struct {
+	ExcludeOwnerKinds       []string `json:"excludeOwnerKinds,omitempty"`
+	MinPodLifetimeSeconds   *uint    `json:"minPodLifetimeSeconds,omitempty"`
+	Reasons                 []string `json:"reasons,omitempty"`
+	IncludingInitContainers bool     `json:"includingInitContainers,omitempty"`
+}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by deepcopy-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	if in.Strategies != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Strategies, &out.Strategies
+		*out = make(StrategyList, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = *val.DeepCopy()
+		}
+	}
+	if in.NodeSelector != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NodeSelector, &out.NodeSelector
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.EvictFailedBarePods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EvictFailedBarePods, &out.EvictFailedBarePods
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.EvictLocalStoragePods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EvictLocalStoragePods, &out.EvictLocalStoragePods
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.EvictSystemCriticalPods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EvictSystemCriticalPods, &out.EvictSystemCriticalPods
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.IgnorePVCPods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.IgnorePVCPods, &out.IgnorePVCPods
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new DeschedulerPolicy.
+func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerPolicy {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(DeschedulerPolicy)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *DeschedulerStrategy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerStrategy) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.Params != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Params, &out.Params
+		*out = new(StrategyParameters)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new DeschedulerStrategy.
+func (in *DeschedulerStrategy) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerStrategy {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(DeschedulerStrategy)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopyInto(out *FailedPods) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.ExcludeOwnerKinds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ExcludeOwnerKinds, &out.ExcludeOwnerKinds
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	if in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds, &out.MinPodLifetimeSeconds
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.Reasons != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Reasons, &out.Reasons
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new FailedPods.
+func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopy() *FailedPods {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(FailedPods)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopyInto(out *Namespaces) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.Include != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Include, &out.Include
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	if in.Exclude != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Exclude, &out.Exclude
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Namespaces.
+func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopy() *Namespaces {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(Namespaces)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopyInto(out *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.Thresholds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Thresholds, &out.Thresholds
+		*out = make(ResourceThresholds, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
+	if in.TargetThresholds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.TargetThresholds, &out.TargetThresholds
+		*out = make(ResourceThresholds, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.
+func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopy() *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopyInto(out *PodLifeTime) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, &out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.States != nil {
+		in, out := &in.States, &out.States
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	if in.PodStatusPhases != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PodStatusPhases, &out.PodStatusPhases
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PodLifeTime.
+func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopy() *PodLifeTime {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(PodLifeTime)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) DeepCopyInto(out *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PodsHavingTooManyRestarts.
+func (in *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) DeepCopy() *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *RemoveDuplicates) DeepCopyInto(out *RemoveDuplicates) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.ExcludeOwnerKinds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ExcludeOwnerKinds, &out.ExcludeOwnerKinds
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new RemoveDuplicates.
+func (in *RemoveDuplicates) DeepCopy() *RemoveDuplicates {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(RemoveDuplicates)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in ResourceThresholds) DeepCopyInto(out *ResourceThresholds) {
+	{
+		in := &in
+		*out = make(ResourceThresholds, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ResourceThresholds.
+func (in ResourceThresholds) DeepCopy() ResourceThresholds {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(ResourceThresholds)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return *out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in StrategyList) DeepCopyInto(out *StrategyList) {
+	{
+		in := &in
+		*out = make(StrategyList, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = *val.DeepCopy()
+		}
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new StrategyList.
+func (in StrategyList) DeepCopy() StrategyList {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(StrategyList)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return *out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *StrategyParameters) DeepCopyInto(out *StrategyParameters) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds, &out.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds
+		*out = new(NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.NodeAffinityType != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NodeAffinityType, &out.NodeAffinityType
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	if in.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts, &out.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts
+		*out = new(PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.PodLifeTime != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PodLifeTime, &out.PodLifeTime
+		*out = new(PodLifeTime)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.RemoveDuplicates != nil {
+		in, out := &in.RemoveDuplicates, &out.RemoveDuplicates
+		*out = new(RemoveDuplicates)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.FailedPods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.FailedPods, &out.FailedPods
+		*out = new(FailedPods)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.Namespaces != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Namespaces, &out.Namespaces
+		*out = new(Namespaces)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.ThresholdPriority != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ThresholdPriority, &out.ThresholdPriority
+		*out = new(int32)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.LabelSelector != nil {
+		in, out := &in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector
+		*out = new(v1.LabelSelector)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.ExcludedTaints != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ExcludedTaints, &out.ExcludedTaints
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new StrategyParameters.
+func (in *StrategyParameters) DeepCopy() *StrategyParameters {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(StrategyParameters)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Code generated by defaulter-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+// RegisterDefaults adds defaulters functions to the given scheme.
+// Public to allow building arbitrary schemes.
+// All generated defaulters are covering - they call all nested defaulters.
+func RegisterDefaults(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	return nil
+}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/conversion.go
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	api "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/pluginregistry"
-)
-
-var (
-	// pluginArgConversionScheme is a scheme with internal and v1alpha2 registered,
-	// used for defaulting/converting typed PluginConfig Args.
-	// Access via getPluginArgConversionScheme()
-	pluginArgConversionScheme     *runtime.Scheme
-	initPluginArgConversionScheme sync.Once
-
-	Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-	Codecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(Scheme, serializer.EnableStrict)
-)
-
-func GetPluginArgConversionScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
-	initPluginArgConversionScheme.Do(func() {
-		// set up the scheme used for plugin arg conversion
-		pluginArgConversionScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-		utilruntime.Must(AddToScheme(pluginArgConversionScheme))
-		utilruntime.Must(api.AddToScheme(pluginArgConversionScheme))
-	})
-	return pluginArgConversionScheme
-}
-
-func Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(in *DeschedulerPolicy, out *api.DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := autoConvert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(in, out, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return convertToInternalPluginConfigArgs(out)
-}
-
-// convertToInternalPluginConfigArgs converts PluginConfig#Args into internal
-// types using a scheme, after applying defaults.
-func convertToInternalPluginConfigArgs(out *api.DeschedulerPolicy) error {
-	scheme := GetPluginArgConversionScheme()
-	for i := range out.Profiles {
-		prof := &out.Profiles[i]
-		for j := range prof.PluginConfigs {
-			args := prof.PluginConfigs[j].Args
-			if args == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if _, isUnknown := args.(*runtime.Unknown); isUnknown {
-				continue
-			}
-			internalArgs, err := scheme.ConvertToVersion(args, api.SchemeGroupVersion)
-			if err != nil {
-				err = nil
-				internalArgs = args
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("converting .Profiles[%d].PluginConfigs[%d].Args into internal type: %w", i, j, err)
-				}
-			}
-			prof.PluginConfigs[j].Args = internalArgs
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Convert_v1alpha2_PluginConfig_To_api_PluginConfig(in *PluginConfig, out *api.PluginConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	if _, ok := pluginregistry.PluginRegistry[in.Name]; ok {
-		out.Args = pluginregistry.PluginRegistry[in.Name].PluginArgInstance.DeepCopyObject()
-		if in.Args.Raw != nil {
-			_, _, err := Codecs.UniversalDecoder().Decode(in.Args.Raw, nil, out.Args)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		} else if in.Args.Object != nil {
-			out.Args = in.Args.Object
-		}
-	} else {
-		if err := runtime.Convert_runtime_RawExtension_To_runtime_Object(&in.Args, &out.Args, s); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Convert_api_DeschedulerPolicy_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy(in *api.DeschedulerPolicy, out *DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := autoConvert_api_DeschedulerPolicy_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy(in, out, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return convertToExternalPluginConfigArgs(out)
-}
-
-// convertToExternalPluginConfigArgs converts PluginConfig#Args into
-// external (versioned) types using a scheme.
-func convertToExternalPluginConfigArgs(out *DeschedulerPolicy) error {
-	scheme := GetPluginArgConversionScheme()
-	for i := range out.Profiles {
-		for j := range out.Profiles[i].PluginConfigs {
-			args := out.Profiles[i].PluginConfigs[j].Args
-			if args.Object == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if _, isUnknown := args.Object.(*runtime.Unknown); isUnknown {
-				continue
-			}
-			externalArgs, err := scheme.ConvertToVersion(args.Object, SchemeGroupVersion)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			out.Profiles[i].PluginConfigs[j].Args.Object = externalArgs
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/defaults.go
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-
-func addDefaultingFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
-	return RegisterDefaults(scheme)
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/doc.go
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
-// +k8s:conversion-gen=sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api
-// +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
-
-// Package v1alpha2 is the v1alpha2 version of the descheduler API
-// +groupName=descheduler
-
-package v1alpha2 // import "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api/v1alpha2"
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/register.go
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-)
-
-var (
-	SchemeBuilder      = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
-	AddToScheme        = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
-)
-
-// GroupName is the group name used in this package
-const (
-	GroupName    = "descheduler"
-	GroupVersion = "v1alpha2"
-)
-
-// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
-var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: GroupVersion}
-
-// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
-func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
-}
-
-// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
-func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
-}
-
-func init() {
-	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
-	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
-	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
-	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-}
-
-func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
-	// TODO this will get cleaned up with the scheme types are fixed
-	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
-		&DeschedulerPolicy{},
-	)
-
-	return nil
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/sort.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/sort.go
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import "sort"
-
-func SortDeschedulerProfileByName(profiles []DeschedulerProfile) []DeschedulerProfile {
-	sort.Slice(profiles, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return profiles[i].Name < profiles[j].Name
-	})
-	return profiles
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/types.go
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-)
-
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-
-type DeschedulerPolicy struct {
-	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
-
-	// Profiles
-	Profiles []DeschedulerProfile `json:"profiles,omitempty"`
-
-	// NodeSelector for a set of nodes to operate over
-	NodeSelector *string `json:"nodeSelector,omitempty"`
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per node.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode *uint `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,omitempty"`
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per namespace.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,omitempty"`
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToTotal restricts maximum of pods to be evicted total.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal *uint `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal,omitempty"`
-
-	// EvictionFailureEventNotification should be set to true to enable eviction failure event notification.
-	// Default is false.
-	EvictionFailureEventNotification *bool `json:"evictionFailureEventNotification,omitempty"`
-
-	// MetricsCollector configures collection of metrics for actual resource utilization
-	// Deprecated. Use MetricsProviders field instead.
-	MetricsCollector *MetricsCollector `json:"metricsCollector,omitempty"`
-
-	// MetricsProviders configure collection of metrics about actual resource utilization from various sources
-	MetricsProviders []MetricsProvider `json:"metricsProviders,omitempty"`
-
-	// GracePeriodSeconds The duration in seconds before the object should be deleted. Value must be non-negative integer.
-	// The value zero indicates delete immediately. If this value is nil, the default grace period for the
-	// specified type will be used.
-	// Defaults to a per object value if not specified. zero means delete immediately.
-	GracePeriodSeconds *int64 `json:"gracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type DeschedulerProfile struct {
-	Name          string         `json:"name"`
-	PluginConfigs []PluginConfig `json:"pluginConfig"`
-	Plugins       Plugins        `json:"plugins"`
-}
-
-type Plugins struct {
-	PreSort           PluginSet `json:"presort"`
-	Sort              PluginSet `json:"sort"`
-	Deschedule        PluginSet `json:"deschedule"`
-	Balance           PluginSet `json:"balance"`
-	Filter            PluginSet `json:"filter"`
-	PreEvictionFilter PluginSet `json:"preevictionfilter"`
-}
-
-type PluginConfig struct {
-	Name string               `json:"name"`
-	Args runtime.RawExtension `json:"args"`
-}
-
-type PluginSet struct {
-	Enabled  []string `json:"enabled"`
-	Disabled []string `json:"disabled"`
-}
-
-type MetricsSource string
-
-const (
-	// KubernetesMetrics enables metrics from a Kubernetes metrics server.
-	// Please see https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/metrics-server/ for more.
-	KubernetesMetrics MetricsSource = "KubernetesMetrics"
-
-	// KubernetesMetrics enables metrics from a Prometheus metrics server.
-	PrometheusMetrics MetricsSource = "Prometheus"
-)
-
-// MetricsCollector configures collection of metrics about actual resource utilization
-type MetricsCollector struct {
-	// Enabled metrics collection from Kubernetes metrics server.
-	// Deprecated. Use MetricsProvider.Source field instead.
-	Enabled bool `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// MetricsProvider configures collection of metrics about actual resource utilization from a given source
-type MetricsProvider struct {
-	// Source enables metrics from Kubernetes metrics server.
-	Source MetricsSource `json:"source,omitempty"`
-
-	// Prometheus enables metrics collection through Prometheus
-	Prometheus *Prometheus `json:"prometheus,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type Prometheus struct {
-	URL string `json:"url,omitempty"`
-	// authToken used for authentication with the prometheus server.
-	// If not set the in cluster authentication token for the descheduler service
-	// account is read from the container's file system.
-	AuthToken *AuthToken `json:"authToken,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type AuthToken struct {
-	// secretReference references an authentication token.
-	// secrets are expected to be created under the descheduler's namespace.
-	SecretReference *SecretReference `json:"secretReference,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// SecretReference holds a reference to a Secret
-type SecretReference struct {
-	// namespace is the namespace of the secret.
-	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
-	// name is the name of the secret.
-	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -1,437 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
-// +build !ignore_autogenerated
-
-/*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Code generated by conversion-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	unsafe "unsafe"
-
-	conversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
-	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	api "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	localSchemeBuilder.Register(RegisterConversions)
-}
-
-// RegisterConversions adds conversion functions to the given scheme.
-// Public to allow building arbitrary schemes.
-func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*AuthToken)(nil), (*api.AuthToken)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_AuthToken_To_api_AuthToken(a.(*AuthToken), b.(*api.AuthToken), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.AuthToken)(nil), (*AuthToken)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_AuthToken_To_v1alpha2_AuthToken(a.(*api.AuthToken), b.(*AuthToken), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*DeschedulerProfile)(nil), (*api.DeschedulerProfile)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile(a.(*DeschedulerProfile), b.(*api.DeschedulerProfile), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.DeschedulerProfile)(nil), (*DeschedulerProfile)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile(a.(*api.DeschedulerProfile), b.(*DeschedulerProfile), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*MetricsCollector)(nil), (*api.MetricsCollector)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector_To_api_MetricsCollector(a.(*MetricsCollector), b.(*api.MetricsCollector), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.MetricsCollector)(nil), (*MetricsCollector)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_MetricsCollector_To_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector(a.(*api.MetricsCollector), b.(*MetricsCollector), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*MetricsProvider)(nil), (*api.MetricsProvider)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider_To_api_MetricsProvider(a.(*MetricsProvider), b.(*api.MetricsProvider), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.MetricsProvider)(nil), (*MetricsProvider)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_MetricsProvider_To_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider(a.(*api.MetricsProvider), b.(*MetricsProvider), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.PluginConfig)(nil), (*PluginConfig)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig(a.(*api.PluginConfig), b.(*PluginConfig), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*PluginSet)(nil), (*api.PluginSet)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(a.(*PluginSet), b.(*api.PluginSet), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.PluginSet)(nil), (*PluginSet)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(a.(*api.PluginSet), b.(*PluginSet), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*Plugins)(nil), (*api.Plugins)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins(a.(*Plugins), b.(*api.Plugins), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.Plugins)(nil), (*Plugins)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins(a.(*api.Plugins), b.(*Plugins), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*Prometheus)(nil), (*api.Prometheus)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_Prometheus_To_api_Prometheus(a.(*Prometheus), b.(*api.Prometheus), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.Prometheus)(nil), (*Prometheus)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_Prometheus_To_v1alpha2_Prometheus(a.(*api.Prometheus), b.(*Prometheus), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*SecretReference)(nil), (*api.SecretReference)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_SecretReference_To_api_SecretReference(a.(*SecretReference), b.(*api.SecretReference), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.SecretReference)(nil), (*SecretReference)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_SecretReference_To_v1alpha2_SecretReference(a.(*api.SecretReference), b.(*SecretReference), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddConversionFunc((*api.DeschedulerPolicy)(nil), (*DeschedulerPolicy)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_DeschedulerPolicy_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy(a.(*api.DeschedulerPolicy), b.(*DeschedulerPolicy), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddConversionFunc((*DeschedulerPolicy)(nil), (*api.DeschedulerPolicy)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(a.(*DeschedulerPolicy), b.(*api.DeschedulerPolicy), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddConversionFunc((*PluginConfig)(nil), (*api.PluginConfig)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_PluginConfig_To_api_PluginConfig(a.(*PluginConfig), b.(*api.PluginConfig), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_AuthToken_To_api_AuthToken(in *AuthToken, out *api.AuthToken, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.SecretReference = (*api.SecretReference)(unsafe.Pointer(in.SecretReference))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_AuthToken_To_api_AuthToken is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_AuthToken_To_api_AuthToken(in *AuthToken, out *api.AuthToken, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_AuthToken_To_api_AuthToken(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_AuthToken_To_v1alpha2_AuthToken(in *api.AuthToken, out *AuthToken, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.SecretReference = (*SecretReference)(unsafe.Pointer(in.SecretReference))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_AuthToken_To_v1alpha2_AuthToken is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_AuthToken_To_v1alpha2_AuthToken(in *api.AuthToken, out *AuthToken, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_AuthToken_To_v1alpha2_AuthToken(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(in *DeschedulerPolicy, out *api.DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if in.Profiles != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Profiles, &out.Profiles
-		*out = make([]api.DeschedulerProfile, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			if err := Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile(&(*in)[i], &(*out)[i], s); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		out.Profiles = nil
-	}
-	out.NodeSelector = (*string)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeSelector))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal))
-	out.EvictionFailureEventNotification = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictionFailureEventNotification))
-	out.MetricsCollector = (*api.MetricsCollector)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MetricsCollector))
-	out.MetricsProviders = *(*[]api.MetricsProvider)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.MetricsProviders))
-	out.GracePeriodSeconds = (*int64)(unsafe.Pointer(in.GracePeriodSeconds))
-	return nil
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_DeschedulerPolicy_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerPolicy(in *api.DeschedulerPolicy, out *DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if in.Profiles != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Profiles, &out.Profiles
-		*out = make([]DeschedulerProfile, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			if err := Convert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile(&(*in)[i], &(*out)[i], s); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		out.Profiles = nil
-	}
-	out.NodeSelector = (*string)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeSelector))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace))
-	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal))
-	out.EvictionFailureEventNotification = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictionFailureEventNotification))
-	out.MetricsCollector = (*MetricsCollector)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MetricsCollector))
-	out.MetricsProviders = *(*[]MetricsProvider)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.MetricsProviders))
-	out.GracePeriodSeconds = (*int64)(unsafe.Pointer(in.GracePeriodSeconds))
-	return nil
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile(in *DeschedulerProfile, out *api.DeschedulerProfile, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	if in.PluginConfigs != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PluginConfigs, &out.PluginConfigs
-		*out = make([]api.PluginConfig, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginConfig_To_api_PluginConfig(&(*in)[i], &(*out)[i], s); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		out.PluginConfigs = nil
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins(&in.Plugins, &out.Plugins, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile(in *DeschedulerProfile, out *api.DeschedulerProfile, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile_To_api_DeschedulerProfile(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile(in *api.DeschedulerProfile, out *DeschedulerProfile, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	if in.PluginConfigs != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PluginConfigs, &out.PluginConfigs
-		*out = make([]PluginConfig, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			if err := Convert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig(&(*in)[i], &(*out)[i], s); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		out.PluginConfigs = nil
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins(&in.Plugins, &out.Plugins, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile(in *api.DeschedulerProfile, out *DeschedulerProfile, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_DeschedulerProfile_To_v1alpha2_DeschedulerProfile(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector_To_api_MetricsCollector(in *MetricsCollector, out *api.MetricsCollector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector_To_api_MetricsCollector is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector_To_api_MetricsCollector(in *MetricsCollector, out *api.MetricsCollector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector_To_api_MetricsCollector(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_MetricsCollector_To_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector(in *api.MetricsCollector, out *MetricsCollector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_MetricsCollector_To_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_MetricsCollector_To_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector(in *api.MetricsCollector, out *MetricsCollector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_MetricsCollector_To_v1alpha2_MetricsCollector(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider_To_api_MetricsProvider(in *MetricsProvider, out *api.MetricsProvider, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Source = api.MetricsSource(in.Source)
-	out.Prometheus = (*api.Prometheus)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Prometheus))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider_To_api_MetricsProvider is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider_To_api_MetricsProvider(in *MetricsProvider, out *api.MetricsProvider, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider_To_api_MetricsProvider(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_MetricsProvider_To_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider(in *api.MetricsProvider, out *MetricsProvider, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Source = MetricsSource(in.Source)
-	out.Prometheus = (*Prometheus)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Prometheus))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_MetricsProvider_To_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_MetricsProvider_To_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider(in *api.MetricsProvider, out *MetricsProvider, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_MetricsProvider_To_v1alpha2_MetricsProvider(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_PluginConfig_To_api_PluginConfig(in *PluginConfig, out *api.PluginConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	if err := runtime.Convert_runtime_RawExtension_To_runtime_Object(&in.Args, &out.Args, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig(in *api.PluginConfig, out *PluginConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	if err := runtime.Convert_runtime_Object_To_runtime_RawExtension(&in.Args, &out.Args, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig(in *api.PluginConfig, out *PluginConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_PluginConfig_To_v1alpha2_PluginConfig(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(in *PluginSet, out *api.PluginSet, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Enabled = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Enabled))
-	out.Disabled = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Disabled))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(in *PluginSet, out *api.PluginSet, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(in *api.PluginSet, out *PluginSet, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Enabled = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Enabled))
-	out.Disabled = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Disabled))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(in *api.PluginSet, out *PluginSet, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins(in *Plugins, out *api.Plugins, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.PreSort, &out.PreSort, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.Sort, &out.Sort, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.Deschedule, &out.Deschedule, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.Balance, &out.Balance, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.Filter, &out.Filter, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_PluginSet_To_api_PluginSet(&in.PreEvictionFilter, &out.PreEvictionFilter, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins(in *Plugins, out *api.Plugins, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_Plugins_To_api_Plugins(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins(in *api.Plugins, out *Plugins, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.PreSort, &out.PreSort, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.Sort, &out.Sort, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.Deschedule, &out.Deschedule, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.Balance, &out.Balance, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.Filter, &out.Filter, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := Convert_api_PluginSet_To_v1alpha2_PluginSet(&in.PreEvictionFilter, &out.PreEvictionFilter, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins(in *api.Plugins, out *Plugins, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_Plugins_To_v1alpha2_Plugins(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_Prometheus_To_api_Prometheus(in *Prometheus, out *api.Prometheus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.URL = in.URL
-	out.AuthToken = (*api.AuthToken)(unsafe.Pointer(in.AuthToken))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_Prometheus_To_api_Prometheus is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_Prometheus_To_api_Prometheus(in *Prometheus, out *api.Prometheus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_Prometheus_To_api_Prometheus(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_Prometheus_To_v1alpha2_Prometheus(in *api.Prometheus, out *Prometheus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.URL = in.URL
-	out.AuthToken = (*AuthToken)(unsafe.Pointer(in.AuthToken))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_Prometheus_To_v1alpha2_Prometheus is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_Prometheus_To_v1alpha2_Prometheus(in *api.Prometheus, out *Prometheus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_Prometheus_To_v1alpha2_Prometheus(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_SecretReference_To_api_SecretReference(in *SecretReference, out *api.SecretReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Namespace = in.Namespace
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_SecretReference_To_api_SecretReference is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_SecretReference_To_api_SecretReference(in *SecretReference, out *api.SecretReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_SecretReference_To_api_SecretReference(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_SecretReference_To_v1alpha2_SecretReference(in *api.SecretReference, out *SecretReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Namespace = in.Namespace
-	out.Name = in.Name
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_SecretReference_To_v1alpha2_SecretReference is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_SecretReference_To_v1alpha2_SecretReference(in *api.SecretReference, out *SecretReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_SecretReference_To_v1alpha2_SecretReference(in, out, s)
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,284 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
-// +build !ignore_autogenerated
-
-/*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Code generated by deepcopy-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-)
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *AuthToken) DeepCopyInto(out *AuthToken) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.SecretReference != nil {
-		in, out := &in.SecretReference, &out.SecretReference
-		*out = new(SecretReference)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AuthToken.
-func (in *AuthToken) DeepCopy() *AuthToken {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(AuthToken)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
-	*out = *in
-	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	if in.Profiles != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Profiles, &out.Profiles
-		*out = make([]DeschedulerProfile, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
-		}
-	}
-	if in.NodeSelector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.NodeSelector, &out.NodeSelector
-		*out = new(string)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictionFailureEventNotification != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictionFailureEventNotification, &out.EvictionFailureEventNotification
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MetricsCollector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MetricsCollector, &out.MetricsCollector
-		*out = new(MetricsCollector)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MetricsProviders != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MetricsProviders, &out.MetricsProviders
-		*out = make([]MetricsProvider, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
-		}
-	}
-	if in.GracePeriodSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.GracePeriodSeconds, &out.GracePeriodSeconds
-		*out = new(int64)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new DeschedulerPolicy.
-func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerPolicy {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(DeschedulerPolicy)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
-func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
-	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
-		return c
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *DeschedulerProfile) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerProfile) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.PluginConfigs != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PluginConfigs, &out.PluginConfigs
-		*out = make([]PluginConfig, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
-		}
-	}
-	in.Plugins.DeepCopyInto(&out.Plugins)
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new DeschedulerProfile.
-func (in *DeschedulerProfile) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerProfile {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(DeschedulerProfile)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *MetricsCollector) DeepCopyInto(out *MetricsCollector) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new MetricsCollector.
-func (in *MetricsCollector) DeepCopy() *MetricsCollector {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(MetricsCollector)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *MetricsProvider) DeepCopyInto(out *MetricsProvider) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Prometheus != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Prometheus, &out.Prometheus
-		*out = new(Prometheus)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new MetricsProvider.
-func (in *MetricsProvider) DeepCopy() *MetricsProvider {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(MetricsProvider)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *PluginConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *PluginConfig) {
-	*out = *in
-	in.Args.DeepCopyInto(&out.Args)
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PluginConfig.
-func (in *PluginConfig) DeepCopy() *PluginConfig {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(PluginConfig)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *PluginSet) DeepCopyInto(out *PluginSet) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Enabled != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Enabled, &out.Enabled
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	if in.Disabled != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Disabled, &out.Disabled
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PluginSet.
-func (in *PluginSet) DeepCopy() *PluginSet {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(PluginSet)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Plugins) DeepCopyInto(out *Plugins) {
-	*out = *in
-	in.PreSort.DeepCopyInto(&out.PreSort)
-	in.Sort.DeepCopyInto(&out.Sort)
-	in.Deschedule.DeepCopyInto(&out.Deschedule)
-	in.Balance.DeepCopyInto(&out.Balance)
-	in.Filter.DeepCopyInto(&out.Filter)
-	in.PreEvictionFilter.DeepCopyInto(&out.PreEvictionFilter)
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Plugins.
-func (in *Plugins) DeepCopy() *Plugins {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Plugins)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Prometheus) DeepCopyInto(out *Prometheus) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.AuthToken != nil {
-		in, out := &in.AuthToken, &out.AuthToken
-		*out = new(AuthToken)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Prometheus.
-func (in *Prometheus) DeepCopy() *Prometheus {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Prometheus)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *SecretReference) DeepCopyInto(out *SecretReference) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new SecretReference.
-func (in *SecretReference) DeepCopy() *SecretReference {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(SecretReference)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
-// +build !ignore_autogenerated
-
-/*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Code generated by defaulter-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package v1alpha2
-
-import (
-	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-)
-
-// RegisterDefaults adds defaulters functions to the given scheme.
-// Public to allow building arbitrary schemes.
-// All generated defaulters are covering - they call all nested defaulters.
-func RegisterDefaults(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
-	return nil
-}
--- a/pkg/api/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,34 +25,13 @@ import (
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *AuthToken) DeepCopyInto(out *AuthToken) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.SecretReference != nil {
-		in, out := &in.SecretReference, &out.SecretReference
-		*out = new(SecretReference)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AuthToken.
-func (in *AuthToken) DeepCopy() *AuthToken {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(AuthToken)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	if in.Profiles != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Profiles, &out.Profiles
-		*out = make([]DeschedulerProfile, len(*in))
+		*out = make([]Profile, len(*in))
 		for i := range *in {
 			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
 		}
@@ -72,33 +51,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
 		*out = new(uint)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictionFailureEventNotification != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictionFailureEventNotification, &out.EvictionFailureEventNotification
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MetricsCollector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MetricsCollector, &out.MetricsCollector
-		*out = new(MetricsCollector)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MetricsProviders != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MetricsProviders, &out.MetricsProviders
-		*out = make([]MetricsProvider, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
-		}
-	}
-	if in.GracePeriodSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.GracePeriodSeconds, &out.GracePeriodSeconds
-		*out = new(int64)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }

@@ -120,88 +72,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	return nil
 }

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *DeschedulerProfile) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerProfile) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.PluginConfigs != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PluginConfigs, &out.PluginConfigs
-		*out = make([]PluginConfig, len(*in))
-		for i := range *in {
-			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
-		}
-	}
-	in.Plugins.DeepCopyInto(&out.Plugins)
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new DeschedulerProfile.
-func (in *DeschedulerProfile) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerProfile {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(DeschedulerProfile)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *EvictionLimits) DeepCopyInto(out *EvictionLimits) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Node != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Node, &out.Node
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new EvictionLimits.
-func (in *EvictionLimits) DeepCopy() *EvictionLimits {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(EvictionLimits)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *MetricsCollector) DeepCopyInto(out *MetricsCollector) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new MetricsCollector.
-func (in *MetricsCollector) DeepCopy() *MetricsCollector {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(MetricsCollector)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *MetricsProvider) DeepCopyInto(out *MetricsProvider) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Prometheus != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Prometheus, &out.Prometheus
-		*out = new(Prometheus)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new MetricsProvider.
-func (in *MetricsProvider) DeepCopy() *MetricsProvider {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(MetricsProvider)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopyInto(out *Namespaces) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -280,6 +150,7 @@ func (in *Plugins) DeepCopyInto(out *Plugins) {
 	in.Sort.DeepCopyInto(&out.Sort)
 	in.Deschedule.DeepCopyInto(&out.Deschedule)
 	in.Balance.DeepCopyInto(&out.Balance)
+	in.Evict.DeepCopyInto(&out.Evict)
 	in.Filter.DeepCopyInto(&out.Filter)
 	in.PreEvictionFilter.DeepCopyInto(&out.PreEvictionFilter)
 	return
@@ -317,22 +188,25 @@ func (in *PriorityThreshold) DeepCopy() *PriorityThreshold {
 }

 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Prometheus) DeepCopyInto(out *Prometheus) {
+func (in *Profile) DeepCopyInto(out *Profile) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.AuthToken != nil {
-		in, out := &in.AuthToken, &out.AuthToken
-		*out = new(AuthToken)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	if in.PluginConfigs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PluginConfigs, &out.PluginConfigs
+		*out = make([]PluginConfig, len(*in))
+		for i := range *in {
+			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
+		}
 	}
+	in.Plugins.DeepCopyInto(&out.Plugins)
 	return
 }

-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Prometheus.
-func (in *Prometheus) DeepCopy() *Prometheus {
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Profile.
+func (in *Profile) DeepCopy() *Profile {
 	if in == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	out := new(Prometheus)
+	out := new(Profile)
 	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
 	return out
 }
@@ -358,19 +232,3 @@ func (in ResourceThresholds) DeepCopy() ResourceThresholds {
 	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
 	return *out
 }
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *SecretReference) DeepCopyInto(out *SecretReference) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new SecretReference.
-func (in *SecretReference) DeepCopy() *SecretReference {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(SecretReference)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (

 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
+	registry "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 )

 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {

 	// KubeconfigFile is path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master
 	// location information.
-	// Deprecated: Use clientConnection.kubeConfig instead.
 	KubeconfigFile string

 	// PolicyConfigFile is the filepath to the descheduler policy configuration.
@@ -51,41 +51,13 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {
 	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
 	EvictLocalStoragePods bool

-	// EvictDaemonSetPods allows pods owned by a DaemonSet resource to be evicted.
-	EvictDaemonSetPods bool
-
 	// IgnorePVCPods sets whether PVC pods should be allowed to be evicted
 	IgnorePVCPods bool

-	// Tracing specifies the options for tracing.
-	Tracing TracingConfiguration
-
 	// LeaderElection starts Deployment using leader election loop
 	LeaderElection componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration

-	// ClientConnection specifies the kubeconfig file and client connection settings to use when communicating with the apiserver.
-	// Refer to [ClientConnection](https://pkg.go.dev/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig#ClientConnectionConfiguration) for more information.
-	ClientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration
-}
-
-type TracingConfiguration struct {
-	// CollectorEndpoint is the address of the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, tracing will be used NoopTraceProvider.
-	CollectorEndpoint string
-	// TransportCert is the path to the certificate file for the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, provider will start in insecure mode.
-	TransportCert string
-	// ServiceName is the name of the service to be used in the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, the default value is "descheduler".
-	ServiceName string
-	// ServiceNamespace is the namespace of the service to be used in the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, tracing will be used default namespace.
-	ServiceNamespace string
-	// SampleRate is used to configure the sample rate of the OTEL trace collection. This value will
-	// be used as the Base value with sample ratio. A value >= 1.0 will sample everything and < 0 will
-	// not sample anything. Everything else is a percentage value.
-	SampleRate float64
-	// FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError can be set in case if you want your trace provider to fallback to
-	// no op provider in case if the configured end point based provider can't be setup.
-	FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError bool
+	// Logging specifies the options of logging.
+	// Refer [Logs Options](https://github.com/kubernetes/component-base/blob/master/logs/api/v1/options.go) for more information.
+	Logging registry.LoggingConfiguration
 }
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (

 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
+	registry "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 )

 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {

 	// KubeconfigFile is path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master
 	// location information.
-	// Deprecated: Use clientConnection.kubeConfig instead.
 	KubeconfigFile string `json:"kubeconfigFile"`

 	// PolicyConfigFile is the filepath to the descheduler policy configuration.
@@ -51,41 +51,13 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {
 	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
 	EvictLocalStoragePods bool `json:"evictLocalStoragePods,omitempty"`

-	// EvictDaemonSetPods allows pods owned by a DaemonSet resource to be evicted.
-	EvictDaemonSetPods bool `json:"evictDaemonSetPods,omitempty"`
-
 	// IgnorePVCPods sets whether PVC pods should be allowed to be evicted
 	IgnorePVCPods bool `json:"ignorePvcPods,omitempty"`

-	// Tracing is used to setup the required OTEL tracing configuration
-	Tracing TracingConfiguration `json:"tracing,omitempty"`
-
 	// LeaderElection starts Deployment using leader election loop
 	LeaderElection componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration `json:"leaderElection,omitempty"`

-	// ClientConnection specifies the kubeconfig file and client connection settings to use when communicating with the apiserver.
-	// Refer to [ClientConnection](https://pkg.go.dev/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig#ClientConnectionConfiguration) for more information.
-	ClientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration `json:"clientConnection,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type TracingConfiguration struct {
-	// CollectorEndpoint is the address of the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, tracing will be used NoopTraceProvider.
-	CollectorEndpoint string `json:"collectorEndpoint"`
-	// TransportCert is the path to the certificate file for the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, provider will start in insecure mode.
-	TransportCert string `json:"transportCert,omitempty"`
-	// ServiceName is the name of the service to be used in the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, the default value is "descheduler".
-	ServiceName string `json:"serviceName,omitempty"`
-	// ServiceNamespace is the namespace of the service to be used in the OpenTelemetry collector.
-	// If not specified, tracing will be used default namespace.
-	ServiceNamespace string `json:"serviceNamespace,omitempty"`
-	// SampleRate is used to configure the sample rate of the OTEL trace collection. This value will
-	// be used as the Base value with sample ratio. A value >= 1.0 will sample everything and < 0 will
-	// not sample anything. Everything else is a percentage value.
-	SampleRate float64 `json:"sampleRate"`
-	// FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError can be set in case if you want your trace provider to fallback to
-	// no op provider in case if the configured end point based provider can't be setup.
-	FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError bool `json:"fallbackToNoOpProviderOnError"`
+	// Logging specifies the options of logging.
+	// Refer [Logs Options](https://github.com/kubernetes/component-base/blob/master/logs/api/v1/options.go) for more information.
+	Logging registry.LoggingConfiguration `json:"logging,omitempty"`
 }
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*TracingConfiguration)(nil), (*componentconfig.TracingConfiguration)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration(a.(*TracingConfiguration), b.(*componentconfig.TracingConfiguration), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*componentconfig.TracingConfiguration)(nil), (*TracingConfiguration)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration(a.(*componentconfig.TracingConfiguration), b.(*TracingConfiguration), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	return nil
 }

@@ -67,13 +57,9 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_componentconfig_Deschedule
 	out.NodeSelector = in.NodeSelector
 	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
 	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = in.EvictLocalStoragePods
-	out.EvictDaemonSetPods = in.EvictDaemonSetPods
 	out.IgnorePVCPods = in.IgnorePVCPods
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration(&in.Tracing, &out.Tracing, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	out.LeaderElection = in.LeaderElection
-	out.ClientConnection = in.ClientConnection
+	out.Logging = in.Logging
 	return nil
 }

@@ -90,13 +76,9 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_Deschedule
 	out.NodeSelector = in.NodeSelector
 	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
 	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = in.EvictLocalStoragePods
-	out.EvictDaemonSetPods = in.EvictDaemonSetPods
 	out.IgnorePVCPods = in.IgnorePVCPods
-	if err := Convert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration(&in.Tracing, &out.Tracing, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	out.LeaderElection = in.LeaderElection
-	out.ClientConnection = in.ClientConnection
+	out.Logging = in.Logging
 	return nil
 }

@@ -104,33 +86,3 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_Deschedule
 func Convert_componentconfig_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_DeschedulerConfiguration(in *componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration, out *DeschedulerConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_componentconfig_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_DeschedulerConfiguration(in, out, s)
 }
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration(in *TracingConfiguration, out *componentconfig.TracingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.CollectorEndpoint = in.CollectorEndpoint
-	out.TransportCert = in.TransportCert
-	out.ServiceName = in.ServiceName
-	out.ServiceNamespace = in.ServiceNamespace
-	out.SampleRate = in.SampleRate
-	out.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError = in.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration(in *TracingConfiguration, out *componentconfig.TracingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration_To_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration(in *componentconfig.TracingConfiguration, out *TracingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.CollectorEndpoint = in.CollectorEndpoint
-	out.TransportCert = in.TransportCert
-	out.ServiceName = in.ServiceName
-	out.ServiceNamespace = in.ServiceNamespace
-	out.SampleRate = in.SampleRate
-	out.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError = in.FallbackToNoOpProviderOnError
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration(in *componentconfig.TracingConfiguration, out *TracingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_componentconfig_TracingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_TracingConfiguration(in, out, s)
-}
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ import (
 func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerConfiguration) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	out.Tracing = in.Tracing
 	out.LeaderElection = in.LeaderElection
-	out.ClientConnection = in.ClientConnection
+	in.Logging.DeepCopyInto(&out.Logging)
 	return
 }

@@ -52,19 +51,3 @@ func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *TracingConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *TracingConfiguration) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TracingConfiguration.
-func (in *TracingConfiguration) DeepCopy() *TracingConfiguration {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(TracingConfiguration)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2026 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ import (
 func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerConfiguration) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	out.Tracing = in.Tracing
 	out.LeaderElection = in.LeaderElection
-	out.ClientConnection = in.ClientConnection
+	in.Logging.DeepCopyInto(&out.Logging)
 	return
 }

@@ -52,19 +51,3 @@ func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *TracingConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *TracingConfiguration) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TracingConfiguration.
-func (in *TracingConfiguration) DeepCopy() *TracingConfiguration {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(TracingConfiguration)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/client/client.go
@@ -17,78 +17,41 @@ limitations under the License.
 package client

 import (
-	"crypto/tls"
-	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"time"

-	promapi "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/config"
-
-	// Ensure to load all auth plugins.
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	// Ensure to load all auth plugins.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/transport"
-	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
-	metricsclient "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 )

-var K8sPodCAFilePath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt"
-
-func createConfig(clientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration, userAgt string) (*rest.Config, error) {
+func CreateClient(kubeconfig, userAgt string) (clientset.Interface, error) {
 	var cfg *rest.Config
-	if len(clientConnection.Kubeconfig) != 0 {
-		master, err := GetMasterFromKubeconfig(clientConnection.Kubeconfig)
+	if len(kubeconfig) != 0 {
+		master, err := GetMasterFromKubeconfig(kubeconfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse kubeconfig file: %v ", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse kubeconfig file: %v ", err)
 		}

-		cfg, err = clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(master, clientConnection.Kubeconfig)
+		cfg, err = clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(master, kubeconfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to build config: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to build config: %v", err)
 		}

 	} else {
 		var err error
 		cfg, err = rest.InClusterConfig()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to build in cluster config: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to build in cluster config: %v", err)
 		}
 	}

-	cfg.Burst = int(clientConnection.Burst)
-	cfg.QPS = clientConnection.QPS
-
 	if len(userAgt) != 0 {
-		cfg = rest.AddUserAgent(cfg, userAgt)
+		return clientset.NewForConfig(rest.AddUserAgent(cfg, userAgt))
+	} else {
+		return clientset.NewForConfig(cfg)
 	}
-
-	return cfg, nil
-}
-
-func CreateClient(clientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration, userAgt string) (clientset.Interface, error) {
-	cfg, err := createConfig(clientConnection, userAgt)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create config: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return clientset.NewForConfig(cfg)
-}
-
-func CreateMetricsClient(clientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration, userAgt string) (metricsclient.Interface, error) {
-	cfg, err := createConfig(clientConnection, userAgt)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create config: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Create the metrics clientset to access the metrics.k8s.io API
-	return metricsclient.NewForConfig(cfg)
 }

 func GetMasterFromKubeconfig(filename string) (string, error) {
@@ -99,69 +62,11 @@ func GetMasterFromKubeconfig(filename string) (string, error) {

 	context, ok := config.Contexts[config.CurrentContext]
 	if !ok {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get master address from kubeconfig: current context not found")
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to get master address from kubeconfig")
 	}

 	if val, ok := config.Clusters[context.Cluster]; ok {
 		return val.Server, nil
 	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get master address from kubeconfig: cluster information not found")
-}
-
-func loadCAFile(filepath string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
-	caCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
-	if ok := caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCert); !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to append CA certificate to the pool")
-	}
-
-	return caCertPool, nil
-}
-
-func CreatePrometheusClient(prometheusURL, authToken string) (promapi.Client, *http.Transport, error) {
-	// Retrieve Pod CA cert
-	caCertPool, err := loadCAFile(K8sPodCAFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error loading CA file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Get Prometheus Host
-	u, err := url.Parse(prometheusURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing prometheus URL: %v", err)
-	}
-	t := &http.Transport{
-		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-		DialContext: (&net.Dialer{
-			Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
-			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
-		}).DialContext,
-		MaxIdleConns:        100,
-		IdleConnTimeout:     90 * time.Second,
-		TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-			RootCAs:    caCertPool,
-			ServerName: u.Host,
-		},
-	}
-	roundTripper := transport.NewBearerAuthRoundTripper(
-		authToken,
-		t,
-	)
-
-	if authToken != "" {
-		client, err := promapi.NewClient(promapi.Config{
-			Address:      prometheusURL,
-			RoundTripper: config.NewAuthorizationCredentialsRoundTripper("Bearer", config.NewInlineSecret(authToken), roundTripper),
-		})
-		return client, t, err
-	}
-	client, err := promapi.NewClient(promapi.Config{
-		Address: prometheusURL,
-	})
-	return client, t, err
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to get master address from kubeconfig")
 }
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -19,40 +19,21 @@ package descheduler
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
-	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"

-	promapi "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
-	schedulingv1 "k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	fakeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	corev1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	listersv1 "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
+	schedulingv1 "k8s.io/client-go/listers/scheduling/v1"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"

 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/metrics"
@@ -60,421 +41,25 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	eutils "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions/utils"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/metricscollector"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/pluginregistry"
-	frameworkprofile "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/profile"
-	frameworktypes "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/types"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/tracing"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/framework/plugins/pluginbuilder"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version"
 )

-const (
-	prometheusAuthTokenSecretKey = "prometheusAuthToken"
-	workQueueKey                 = "key"
-)
-
-type eprunner func(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node) *frameworktypes.Status
-
-type profileRunner struct {
-	name                      string
-	descheduleEPs, balanceEPs eprunner
-}
-
-type descheduler struct {
-	rs                                *options.DeschedulerServer
-	ir                                *informerResources
-	getPodsAssignedToNode             podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc
-	sharedInformerFactory             informers.SharedInformerFactory
-	namespacedSecretsLister           corev1listers.SecretNamespaceLister
-	deschedulerPolicy                 *api.DeschedulerPolicy
-	eventRecorder                     events.EventRecorder
-	podEvictor                        *evictions.PodEvictor
-	podEvictionReactionFnc            func(*fakeclientset.Clientset) func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error)
-	metricsCollector                  *metricscollector.MetricsCollector
-	prometheusClient                  promapi.Client
-	previousPrometheusClientTransport *http.Transport
-	queue                             workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
-	currentPrometheusAuthToken        string
-	metricsProviders                  map[api.MetricsSource]*api.MetricsProvider
-}
-
-type informerResources struct {
-	sharedInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory
-	resourceToInformer    map[schema.GroupVersionResource]informers.GenericInformer
-}
-
-func newInformerResources(sharedInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory) *informerResources {
-	return &informerResources{
-		sharedInformerFactory: sharedInformerFactory,
-		resourceToInformer:    make(map[schema.GroupVersionResource]informers.GenericInformer),
-	}
-}
-
-func (ir *informerResources) Uses(resources ...schema.GroupVersionResource) error {
-	for _, resource := range resources {
-		informer, err := ir.sharedInformerFactory.ForResource(resource)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		ir.resourceToInformer[resource] = informer
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// CopyTo Copy informer subscriptions to the new factory and objects to the fake client so that the backing caches are populated for when listers are used.
-func (ir *informerResources) CopyTo(fakeClient *fakeclientset.Clientset, newFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory) error {
-	for resource, informer := range ir.resourceToInformer {
-		_, err := newFactory.ForResource(resource)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error getting resource %s: %w", resource, err)
-		}
-
-		objects, err := informer.Lister().List(labels.Everything())
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error listing %s: %w", informer, err)
-		}
-
-		for _, object := range objects {
-			fakeClient.Tracker().Add(object)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func metricsProviderListToMap(providersList []api.MetricsProvider) map[api.MetricsSource]*api.MetricsProvider {
-	providersMap := make(map[api.MetricsSource]*api.MetricsProvider)
-	for _, provider := range providersList {
-		providersMap[provider.Source] = &provider
-	}
-	return providersMap
-}
-
-func newDescheduler(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion string, eventRecorder events.EventRecorder, sharedInformerFactory, namespacedSharedInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory) (*descheduler, error) {
-	podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
-
-	ir := newInformerResources(sharedInformerFactory)
-	ir.Uses(v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("pods"),
-		v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("nodes"),
-		// Future work could be to let each plugin declare what type of resources it needs; that way dry runs would stay
-		// consistent with the real runs without having to keep the list here in sync.
-		v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("namespaces"),                 // Used by the defaultevictor plugin
-		schedulingv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("priorityclasses"),  // Used by the defaultevictor plugin
-		policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("poddisruptionbudgets"), // Used by the defaultevictor plugin
-		v1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource("persistentvolumeclaims"),     // Used by the defaultevictor plugin
-	) // Used by the defaultevictor plugin
-
-	getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	podEvictor, err := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-		ctx,
-		rs.Client,
-		eventRecorder,
-		podInformer,
-		rs.DefaultFeatureGates,
-		evictions.NewOptions().
-			WithPolicyGroupVersion(evictionPolicyGroupVersion).
-			WithMaxPodsToEvictPerNode(deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode).
-			WithMaxPodsToEvictPerNamespace(deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace).
-			WithMaxPodsToEvictTotal(deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictTotal).
-			WithEvictionFailureEventNotification(deschedulerPolicy.EvictionFailureEventNotification).
-			WithGracePeriodSeconds(deschedulerPolicy.GracePeriodSeconds).
-			WithDryRun(rs.DryRun).
-			WithMetricsEnabled(!rs.DisableMetrics),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	desch := &descheduler{
-		rs:                     rs,
-		ir:                     ir,
-		getPodsAssignedToNode:  getPodsAssignedToNode,
-		sharedInformerFactory:  sharedInformerFactory,
-		deschedulerPolicy:      deschedulerPolicy,
-		eventRecorder:          eventRecorder,
-		podEvictor:             podEvictor,
-		podEvictionReactionFnc: podEvictionReactionFnc,
-		prometheusClient:       rs.PrometheusClient,
-		queue:                  workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), workqueue.RateLimitingQueueConfig{Name: "descheduler"}),
-		metricsProviders:       metricsProviderListToMap(deschedulerPolicy.MetricsProviders),
-	}
-
-	if rs.MetricsClient != nil {
-		nodeSelector := labels.Everything()
-		if deschedulerPolicy.NodeSelector != nil {
-			sel, err := labels.Parse(*deschedulerPolicy.NodeSelector)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			nodeSelector = sel
-		}
-		desch.metricsCollector = metricscollector.NewMetricsCollector(sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Lister(), rs.MetricsClient, nodeSelector)
-	}
-
-	prometheusProvider := desch.metricsProviders[api.PrometheusMetrics]
-	if prometheusProvider != nil && prometheusProvider.Prometheus != nil && prometheusProvider.Prometheus.AuthToken != nil {
-		authTokenSecret := prometheusProvider.Prometheus.AuthToken.SecretReference
-		if authTokenSecret == nil || authTokenSecret.Namespace == "" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("prometheus metrics source configuration is missing authentication token secret")
-		}
-		if namespacedSharedInformerFactory == nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("namespacedSharedInformerFactory not configured")
-		}
-		namespacedSharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Secrets().Informer().AddEventHandler(desch.eventHandler())
-		desch.namespacedSecretsLister = namespacedSharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Secrets().Lister().Secrets(authTokenSecret.Namespace)
-	}
-
-	return desch, nil
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) reconcileInClusterSAToken() error {
-	// Read the sa token and assume it has the sufficient permissions to authenticate
-	cfg, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
-	if err == nil {
-		if d.currentPrometheusAuthToken != cfg.BearerToken {
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Creating Prometheus client (with SA token)")
-			prometheusClient, transport, err := client.CreatePrometheusClient(d.metricsProviders[api.PrometheusMetrics].Prometheus.URL, cfg.BearerToken)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("unable to create a prometheus client: %v", err)
-			}
-			d.prometheusClient = prometheusClient
-			if d.previousPrometheusClientTransport != nil {
-				d.previousPrometheusClientTransport.CloseIdleConnections()
-			}
-			d.previousPrometheusClientTransport = transport
-			d.currentPrometheusAuthToken = cfg.BearerToken
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err == rest.ErrNotInCluster {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("unexpected error when reading in cluster config: %v", err)
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) runAuthenticationSecretReconciler(ctx context.Context) {
-	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
-	defer d.queue.ShutDown()
-
-	klog.Infof("Starting authentication secret reconciler")
-	defer klog.Infof("Shutting down authentication secret reconciler")
-
-	go wait.UntilWithContext(ctx, d.runAuthenticationSecretReconcilerWorker, time.Second)
-
-	<-ctx.Done()
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) runAuthenticationSecretReconcilerWorker(ctx context.Context) {
-	for d.processNextWorkItem(ctx) {
-	}
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
-	dsKey, quit := d.queue.Get()
-	if quit {
-		return false
-	}
-	defer d.queue.Done(dsKey)
-
-	err := d.sync()
-	if err == nil {
-		d.queue.Forget(dsKey)
-		return true
-	}
-
-	utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("%v failed with : %v", dsKey, err))
-	d.queue.AddRateLimited(dsKey)
-
-	return true
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) sync() error {
-	prometheusConfig := d.metricsProviders[api.PrometheusMetrics].Prometheus
-	if prometheusConfig == nil || prometheusConfig.AuthToken == nil || prometheusConfig.AuthToken.SecretReference == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("prometheus metrics source configuration is missing authentication token secret")
-	}
-	ns := prometheusConfig.AuthToken.SecretReference.Namespace
-	name := prometheusConfig.AuthToken.SecretReference.Name
-	secretObj, err := d.namespacedSecretsLister.Get(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		// clear the token if the secret is not found
-		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			d.currentPrometheusAuthToken = ""
-			if d.previousPrometheusClientTransport != nil {
-				d.previousPrometheusClientTransport.CloseIdleConnections()
-			}
-			d.previousPrometheusClientTransport = nil
-			d.prometheusClient = nil
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get %v/%v secret", ns, name)
-	}
-	authToken := string(secretObj.Data[prometheusAuthTokenSecretKey])
-	if authToken == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("prometheus authentication token secret missing %q data or empty", prometheusAuthTokenSecretKey)
-	}
-	if d.currentPrometheusAuthToken == authToken {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	klog.V(2).Infof("authentication secret token updated, recreating prometheus client")
-	prometheusClient, transport, err := client.CreatePrometheusClient(prometheusConfig.URL, authToken)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create a prometheus client: %v", err)
-	}
-	d.prometheusClient = prometheusClient
-	if d.previousPrometheusClientTransport != nil {
-		d.previousPrometheusClientTransport.CloseIdleConnections()
-	}
-	d.previousPrometheusClientTransport = transport
-	d.currentPrometheusAuthToken = authToken
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) eventHandler() cache.ResourceEventHandler {
-	return cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
-		AddFunc:    func(obj interface{}) { d.queue.Add(workQueueKey) },
-		UpdateFunc: func(old, new interface{}) { d.queue.Add(workQueueKey) },
-		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) { d.queue.Add(workQueueKey) },
-	}
-}
-
-func (d *descheduler) runDeschedulerLoop(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node) error {
-	var span trace.Span
-	ctx, span = tracing.Tracer().Start(ctx, "runDeschedulerLoop")
-	defer span.End()
-	defer func(loopStartDuration time.Time) {
-		metrics.DeschedulerLoopDuration.With(map[string]string{}).Observe(time.Since(loopStartDuration).Seconds())
-		metrics.LoopDuration.With(map[string]string{}).Observe(time.Since(loopStartDuration).Seconds())
-	}(time.Now())
-
-	// if len is still <= 1 error out
-	if len(nodes) <= 1 {
-		klog.InfoS("Skipping descheduling cycle: requires >=2 nodes", "found", len(nodes))
-		return nil // gracefully skip this cycle instead of aborting
-	}
-
-	var client clientset.Interface
-	// When the dry mode is enable, collect all the relevant objects (mostly pods) under a fake client.
-	// So when evicting pods while running multiple strategies in a row have the cummulative effect
-	// as is when evicting pods for real.
-	if d.rs.DryRun {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Building a cached client from the cluster for the dry run")
-		// Create a new cache so we start from scratch without any leftovers
-		fakeClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
-		// simulate a pod eviction by deleting a pod
-		fakeClient.PrependReactor("create", "pods", d.podEvictionReactionFnc(fakeClient))
-		fakeSharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-
-		err := d.ir.CopyTo(fakeClient, fakeSharedInformerFactory)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// create a new instance of the shared informer factor from the cached client
-		// register the pod informer, otherwise it will not get running
-		d.getPodsAssignedToNode, err = podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(fakeSharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer())
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		fakeCtx, cncl := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
-		defer cncl()
-		fakeSharedInformerFactory.Start(fakeCtx.Done())
-		fakeSharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(fakeCtx.Done())
-
-		client = fakeClient
-		d.sharedInformerFactory = fakeSharedInformerFactory
-	} else {
-		client = d.rs.Client
-	}
-
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Setting up the pod evictor")
-	d.podEvictor.SetClient(client)
-	d.podEvictor.ResetCounters()
-
-	d.runProfiles(ctx, client, nodes)
-
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of evictions/requests", "totalEvicted", d.podEvictor.TotalEvicted(), "evictionRequests", d.podEvictor.TotalEvictionRequests())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// runProfiles runs all the deschedule plugins of all profiles and
-// later runs through all balance plugins of all profiles. (All Balance plugins should come after all Deschedule plugins)
-// see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/issues/979
-func (d *descheduler) runProfiles(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-	var span trace.Span
-	ctx, span = tracing.Tracer().Start(ctx, "runProfiles")
-	defer span.End()
-	var profileRunners []profileRunner
-	for idx, profile := range d.deschedulerPolicy.Profiles {
-		currProfile, err := frameworkprofile.NewProfile(
-			ctx,
-			profile,
-			pluginregistry.PluginRegistry,
-			frameworkprofile.WithClientSet(client),
-			frameworkprofile.WithSharedInformerFactory(d.sharedInformerFactory),
-			frameworkprofile.WithPodEvictor(d.podEvictor),
-			frameworkprofile.WithGetPodsAssignedToNodeFnc(d.getPodsAssignedToNode),
-			frameworkprofile.WithMetricsCollector(d.metricsCollector),
-			frameworkprofile.WithPrometheusClient(d.prometheusClient),
-			// Generate a unique instance ID using just the index to avoid long IDs
-			// when profile names are very long
-			frameworkprofile.WithProfileInstanceID(fmt.Sprintf("%d", idx)),
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to create a profile", "profile", profile.Name)
-			continue
-		}
-		profileRunners = append(profileRunners, profileRunner{profile.Name, currProfile.RunDeschedulePlugins, currProfile.RunBalancePlugins})
-	}
-
-	for _, profileR := range profileRunners {
-		// First deschedule
-		status := profileR.descheduleEPs(ctx, nodes)
-		if status != nil && status.Err != nil {
-			span.AddEvent("failed to perform deschedule operations", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", status.Err.Error()), attribute.String("profile", profileR.name), attribute.String("operation", tracing.DescheduleOperation)))
-			klog.ErrorS(status.Err, "running deschedule extension point failed with error", "profile", profileR.name)
-			continue
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, profileR := range profileRunners {
-		// Balance Later
-		status := profileR.balanceEPs(ctx, nodes)
-		if status != nil && status.Err != nil {
-			span.AddEvent("failed to perform balance operations", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", status.Err.Error()), attribute.String("profile", profileR.name), attribute.String("operation", tracing.BalanceOperation)))
-			klog.ErrorS(status.Err, "running balance extension point failed with error", "profile", profileR.name)
-			continue
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
-	var span trace.Span
-	ctx, span = tracing.Tracer().Start(ctx, "Run")
-	defer span.End()
 	metrics.Register()

-	clientConnection := rs.ClientConnection
-	if rs.KubeconfigFile != "" && clientConnection.Kubeconfig == "" {
-		clientConnection.Kubeconfig = rs.KubeconfigFile
-	}
-	rsclient, eventClient, err := createClients(clientConnection)
+	rsclient, eventClient, err := createClients(rs.KubeconfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	rs.Client = rsclient
 	rs.EventClient = eventClient

-	deschedulerPolicy, err := LoadPolicyConfig(rs.PolicyConfigFile, rs.Client, pluginregistry.PluginRegistry)
+	deschedulerPolicy, err := LoadPolicyConfig(rs.PolicyConfigFile, rs.Client, pluginbuilder.PluginRegistry)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -482,40 +67,25 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("deschedulerPolicy is nil")
 	}

-	// Add k8s compatibility warnings to logs
-	if err := validateVersionCompatibility(rs.Client.Discovery(), version.Get()); err != nil {
-		klog.Warning(err.Error())
-	}
-
 	evictionPolicyGroupVersion, err := eutils.SupportEviction(rs.Client)
 	if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 		return err
 	}

-	if (deschedulerPolicy.MetricsCollector != nil && deschedulerPolicy.MetricsCollector.Enabled) || metricsProviderListToMap(deschedulerPolicy.MetricsProviders)[api.KubernetesMetrics] != nil {
-		metricsClient, err := client.CreateMetricsClient(clientConnection, "descheduler")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rs.MetricsClient = metricsClient
-	}
-
 	runFn := func() error {
 		return RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion)
 	}

 	if rs.LeaderElection.LeaderElect && rs.DeschedulingInterval.Seconds() == 0 {
-		span.AddEvent("Validation Failure", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", "leaderElection must be used with deschedulingInterval")))
 		return fmt.Errorf("leaderElection must be used with deschedulingInterval")
 	}

 	if rs.LeaderElection.LeaderElect && rs.DryRun {
-		klog.V(1).Info("Warning: DryRun is set to True. You need to disable it to use Leader Election.")
+		klog.V(1).InfoS("Warning: DryRun is set to True. You need to disable it to use Leader Election.")
 	}

 	if rs.LeaderElection.LeaderElect && !rs.DryRun {
 		if err := NewLeaderElection(runFn, rsclient, &rs.LeaderElection, ctx); err != nil {
-			span.AddEvent("Leader Election Failure", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", err.Error())))
 			return fmt.Errorf("leaderElection: %w", err)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -524,38 +94,16 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 	return runFn()
 }

-func validateVersionCompatibility(discovery discovery.DiscoveryInterface, deschedulerVersionInfo version.Info) error {
-	kubeServerVersionInfo, err := discovery.ServerVersion()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to discover Kubernetes server version: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	kubeServerVersion, err := utilversion.ParseSemantic(kubeServerVersionInfo.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Kubernetes server version '%s': %v", kubeServerVersionInfo.String(), err)
-	}
-
-	deschedulerMinor, err := strconv.ParseFloat(deschedulerVersionInfo.Minor, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert Descheduler minor version '%s' to float: %v", deschedulerVersionInfo.Minor, err)
-	}
-
-	kubeServerMinor := float64(kubeServerVersion.Minor())
-	if math.Abs(deschedulerMinor-kubeServerMinor) > 3 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"descheduler version %s.%s may not be supported on your version of Kubernetes %v."+
-				"See compatibility docs for more info: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler#compatibility-matrix",
-			deschedulerVersionInfo.Major,
-			deschedulerVersionInfo.Minor,
-			kubeServerVersionInfo.String(),
-		)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func podEvictionReactionFnc(fakeClient *fakeclientset.Clientset) func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-	return func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+func cachedClient(
+	realClient clientset.Interface,
+	podLister listersv1.PodLister,
+	nodeLister listersv1.NodeLister,
+	namespaceLister listersv1.NamespaceLister,
+	priorityClassLister schedulingv1.PriorityClassLister,
+) (clientset.Interface, error) {
+	fakeClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
+	// simulate a pod eviction by deleting a pod
+	fakeClient.PrependReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
 		if action.GetSubresource() == "eviction" {
 			createAct, matched := action.(core.CreateActionImpl)
 			if !matched {
@@ -572,23 +120,132 @@ func podEvictionReactionFnc(fakeClient *fakeclientset.Clientset) func(action cor
 		}
 		// fallback to the default reactor
 		return false, nil, nil
+	})
+
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Pulling resources for the cached client from the cluster")
+	pods, err := podLister.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list pods: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	for _, item := range pods {
+		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Pods(item.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy pod: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	nodes, err := nodeLister.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list nodes: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range nodes {
+		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy node: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	namespaces, err := namespaceLister.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list namespaces: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range namespaces {
+		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Namespaces().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy node: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	priorityClasses, err := priorityClassLister.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list priorityclasses: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range priorityClasses {
+		if _, err := fakeClient.SchedulingV1().PriorityClasses().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy priorityclass: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fakeClient, nil
 }

-type tokenReconciliation int
+// evictorImpl implements the Evictor interface so plugins
+// can evict a pod without importing a specific pod evictor
+type evictorImpl struct {
+	podEvictor    *evictions.PodEvictor
+	evictorFilter framework.EvictorPlugin
+}

-const (
-	noReconciliation tokenReconciliation = iota
-	inClusterReconciliation
-	secretReconciliation
-)
+var _ framework.Evictor = &evictorImpl{}
+
+// Filter checks if a pod can be evicted
+func (ei *evictorImpl) Filter(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	return ei.evictorFilter.Filter(pod)
+}
+
+// PreEvictionFilter checks if pod can be evicted right before eviction
+func (ei *evictorImpl) PreEvictionFilter(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	return ei.evictorFilter.PreEvictionFilter(pod)
+}
+
+// Evict evicts a pod (no pre-check performed)
+func (ei *evictorImpl) Evict(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, opts evictions.EvictOptions) bool {
+	return ei.podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, opts)
+}
+
+func (ei *evictorImpl) NodeLimitExceeded(node *v1.Node) bool {
+	return ei.podEvictor.NodeLimitExceeded(node)
+}
+
+// handleImpl implements the framework handle which gets passed to plugins
+type handleImpl struct {
+	clientSet                 clientset.Interface
+	getPodsAssignedToNodeFunc podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc
+	sharedInformerFactory     informers.SharedInformerFactory
+	evictor                   *evictorImpl
+}
+
+var _ framework.Handle = &handleImpl{}
+
+// ClientSet retrieves kube client set
+func (hi *handleImpl) ClientSet() clientset.Interface {
+	return hi.clientSet
+}
+
+// GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc retrieves GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc implementation
+func (hi *handleImpl) GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc() podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc {
+	return hi.getPodsAssignedToNodeFunc
+}
+
+// SharedInformerFactory retrieves shared informer factory
+func (hi *handleImpl) SharedInformerFactory() informers.SharedInformerFactory {
+	return hi.sharedInformerFactory
+}
+
+// Evictor retrieves evictor so plugins can filter and evict pods
+func (hi *handleImpl) Evictor() framework.Evictor {
+	return hi.evictor
+}

 func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion string) error {
-	var span trace.Span
-	ctx, span = tracing.Tracer().Start(ctx, "RunDeschedulerStrategies")
-	defer span.End()
+	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(rs.Client, 0)
+	podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
+	podLister := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Lister()
+	nodeLister := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Lister()
+	namespaceLister := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Namespaces().Lister()
+	priorityClassLister := sharedInformerFactory.Scheduling().V1().PriorityClasses().Lister()

-	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(rs.Client, 0, informers.WithTransform(trimManagedFields))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
+	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())

 	var nodeSelector string
 	if deschedulerPolicy.NodeSelector != nil {
@@ -601,88 +258,155 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 	} else {
 		eventClient = rs.Client
 	}
+
 	eventBroadcaster, eventRecorder := utils.GetRecorderAndBroadcaster(ctx, eventClient)
 	defer eventBroadcaster.Shutdown()

-	var namespacedSharedInformerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory
-	metricProviderTokenReconciliation := noReconciliation
-
-	prometheusProvider := metricsProviderListToMap(deschedulerPolicy.MetricsProviders)[api.PrometheusMetrics]
-	if prometheusProvider != nil && prometheusProvider.Prometheus != nil && prometheusProvider.Prometheus.URL != "" {
-		if prometheusProvider.Prometheus.AuthToken != nil {
-			// Will get reconciled
-			namespacedSharedInformerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(rs.Client, 0, informers.WithTransform(trimManagedFields), informers.WithNamespace(prometheusProvider.Prometheus.AuthToken.SecretReference.Namespace))
-			metricProviderTokenReconciliation = secretReconciliation
-		} else {
-			// Use the sa token and assume it has the sufficient permissions to authenticate
-			metricProviderTokenReconciliation = inClusterReconciliation
-		}
-	}
-
-	descheduler, err := newDescheduler(ctx, rs, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion, eventRecorder, sharedInformerFactory, namespacedSharedInformerFactory)
-	if err != nil {
-		span.AddEvent("Failed to create new descheduler", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", err.Error())))
-		return err
-	}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-	if metricProviderTokenReconciliation == secretReconciliation {
-		namespacedSharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-	}
-
-	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-	descheduler.podEvictor.WaitForEventHandlersSync(ctx)
-	if metricProviderTokenReconciliation == secretReconciliation {
-		namespacedSharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-	}
-
-	if descheduler.metricsCollector != nil {
-		go func() {
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Starting metrics collector")
-			descheduler.metricsCollector.Run(ctx)
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Stopped metrics collector")
-		}()
-		klog.V(2).Infof("Waiting for metrics collector to sync")
-		if err := wait.PollWithContext(ctx, time.Second, time.Minute, func(context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
-			return descheduler.metricsCollector.HasSynced(), nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to wait for metrics collector to sync: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if metricProviderTokenReconciliation == secretReconciliation {
-		go descheduler.runAuthenticationSecretReconciler(ctx)
-	}
-
 	wait.NonSlidingUntil(func() {
-		if metricProviderTokenReconciliation == inClusterReconciliation {
-			// Read the sa token and assume it has the sufficient permissions to authenticate
-			if err := descheduler.reconcileInClusterSAToken(); err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to reconcile an in cluster SA token")
+		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(ctx, rs.Client, nodeLister, nodeSelector)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.V(1).InfoS("Unable to get ready nodes", "err", err)
+			cancel()
+			return
+		}
+
+		if len(nodes) <= 1 {
+			klog.V(1).InfoS("The cluster size is 0 or 1 meaning eviction causes service disruption or degradation. So aborting..")
+			cancel()
+			return
+		}
+
+		var podEvictorClient clientset.Interface
+		// When the dry mode is enable, collect all the relevant objects (mostly pods) under a fake client.
+		// So when evicting pods while running multiple strategies in a row have the cummulative effect
+		// as is when evicting pods for real.
+		if rs.DryRun {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("Building a cached client from the cluster for the dry run")
+			// Create a new cache so we start from scratch without any leftovers
+			fakeClient, err := cachedClient(rs.Client, podLister, nodeLister, namespaceLister, priorityClassLister)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Error(err)
 				return
 			}
+
+			fakeSharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
+			getPodsAssignedToNode, err = podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(fakeSharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer())
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			fakeCtx, cncl := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
+			defer cncl()
+			fakeSharedInformerFactory.Start(fakeCtx.Done())
+			fakeSharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(fakeCtx.Done())
+
+			podEvictorClient = fakeClient
+		} else {
+			podEvictorClient = rs.Client
+		}
+
+		klog.V(3).Infof("Building a pod evictor")
+		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+			podEvictorClient,
+			evictionPolicyGroupVersion,
+			rs.DryRun,
+			deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,
+			deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
+			nodes,
+			!rs.DisableMetrics,
+			eventRecorder,
+		)
+
+		var enabledDeschedulePlugins []framework.DeschedulePlugin
+		var enabledBalancePlugins []framework.BalancePlugin
+
+		// Build plugins
+		for _, profile := range deschedulerPolicy.Profiles {
+			pc := getPluginConfig(defaultevictor.PluginName, profile.PluginConfigs)
+			if pc == nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unable to get plugin config"), "skipping plugin", "plugin", defaultevictor.PluginName, "profile", profile.Name)
+				continue
+			}
+			evictorFilter, err := defaultevictor.New(
+				pc.Args,
+				&handleImpl{
+					clientSet:                 rs.Client,
+					getPodsAssignedToNodeFunc: getPodsAssignedToNode,
+					sharedInformerFactory:     sharedInformerFactory,
+				},
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unable to construct a plugin"), "skipping plugin", "plugin", defaultevictor.PluginName)
+				continue
+			}
+			handle := &handleImpl{
+				clientSet:                 rs.Client,
+				getPodsAssignedToNodeFunc: getPodsAssignedToNode,
+				sharedInformerFactory:     sharedInformerFactory,
+				evictor: &evictorImpl{
+					podEvictor:    podEvictor,
+					evictorFilter: evictorFilter.(framework.EvictorPlugin),
+				},
+			}
+			// Assuming only a list of enabled extension points.
+			// Later, when a default list of plugins and their extension points is established,
+			// compute the list of enabled extension points as (DefaultEnabled + Enabled - Disabled)
+			for _, plugin := range append(profile.Plugins.Deschedule.Enabled, profile.Plugins.Balance.Enabled...) {
+				pc := getPluginConfig(plugin, profile.PluginConfigs)
+				if pc == nil {
+					klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unable to get plugin config"), "skipping plugin", "plugin", plugin)
+					continue
+				}
+				registryPlugin, ok := pluginbuilder.PluginRegistry[plugin]
+				pgFnc := registryPlugin.PluginBuilder
+				if !ok {
+					klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unable to find plugin in the pluginsMap"), "skipping plugin", "plugin", plugin)
+				}
+				pg, err := pgFnc(pc.Args, handle)
+				if err != nil {
+					klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to initialize a plugin", "pluginName", plugin)
+				}
+				if pg != nil {
+					switch v := pg.(type) {
+					case framework.DeschedulePlugin:
+						enabledDeschedulePlugins = append(enabledDeschedulePlugins, v)
+					case framework.BalancePlugin:
+						enabledBalancePlugins = append(enabledBalancePlugins, v)
+					default:
+						klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unknown plugin extension point"), "skipping plugin", "plugin", plugin)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}

-		// A next context is created here intentionally to avoid nesting the spans via context.
-		sCtx, sSpan := tracing.Tracer().Start(ctx, "NonSlidingUntil")
-		defer sSpan.End()
+		// Execute extension points
+		for _, pg := range enabledDeschedulePlugins {
+			// TODO: strategyName should be accessible from within the strategy using a framework
+			// handle or function which the Evictor has access to. For migration/in-progress framework
+			// work, we are currently passing this via context. To be removed
+			// (See discussion thread https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/pull/885#discussion_r919962292)
+			childCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, "strategyName", pg.Name())
+			status := pg.Deschedule(childCtx, nodes)
+			if status != nil && status.Err != nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(status.Err, "plugin finished with error", "pluginName", pg.Name())
+			}
+		}

-		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(sCtx, rs.Client, descheduler.sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Lister(), nodeSelector)
-		if err != nil {
-			sSpan.AddEvent("Failed to detect ready nodes", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", err.Error())))
-			klog.Error(err)
-			cancel()
-			return
-		}
-		err = descheduler.runDeschedulerLoop(sCtx, nodes)
-		if err != nil {
-			sSpan.AddEvent("Failed to run descheduler loop", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("err", err.Error())))
-			klog.Error(err)
-			cancel()
-			return
+		for _, pg := range enabledBalancePlugins {
+			// TODO: strategyName should be accessible from within the strategy using a framework
+			// handle or function which the Evictor has access to. For migration/in-progress framework
+			// work, we are currently passing this via context. To be removed
+			// (See discussion thread https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/pull/885#discussion_r919962292)
+			childCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, "strategyName", pg.Name())
+			status := pg.Balance(childCtx, nodes)
+			if status != nil && status.Err != nil {
+				klog.ErrorS(status.Err, "plugin finished with error", "pluginName", pg.Name())
+			}
 		}
+
+		klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of evicted pods", "totalEvicted", podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
+
 		// If there was no interval specified, send a signal to the stopChannel to end the wait.Until loop after 1 iteration
 		if rs.DeschedulingInterval.Seconds() == 0 {
 			cancel()
@@ -692,32 +416,25 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 	return nil
 }

-func GetPluginConfig(pluginName string, pluginConfigs []api.PluginConfig) (*api.PluginConfig, int) {
-	for idx, pluginConfig := range pluginConfigs {
+func getPluginConfig(pluginName string, pluginConfigs []api.PluginConfig) *api.PluginConfig {
+	for _, pluginConfig := range pluginConfigs {
 		if pluginConfig.Name == pluginName {
-			return &pluginConfig, idx
+			return &pluginConfig
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, 0
+	return nil
 }

-func createClients(clientConnection componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration) (clientset.Interface, clientset.Interface, error) {
-	kClient, err := client.CreateClient(clientConnection, "descheduler")
+func createClients(kubeconfig string) (clientset.Interface, clientset.Interface, error) {
+	kClient, err := client.CreateClient(kubeconfig, "descheduler")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}

-	eventClient, err := client.CreateClient(clientConnection, "")
+	eventClient, err := client.CreateClient(kubeconfig, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}

 	return kClient, eventClient, nil
 }
-
-func trimManagedFields(obj interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	if accessor, err := meta.Accessor(obj); err == nil {
-		accessor.SetManagedFields(nil)
-	}
-	return obj, nil
-}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Kubernetes Prow Robot	839c506c3c	Merge pull request #1108 from a7i/amir/helm-1.26.1 Update helm chart to v0.26.1	2023-04-04 10:33:45 -07:00
Amir Alavi	9dbf1af06f	Update helm chart to v0.26.1	2023-04-03 15:01:04 -04:00
Kubernetes Prow Robot	bfe1885eb2	Merge pull request #1110 from a7i/update-1.26.1-refs update v0.26.1 references	2023-04-03 08:39:52 -07:00
Amir Alavi	b1be089175	update v0.26.1 references	2023-04-03 11:25:55 -04:00
Kubernetes Prow Robot	5f1b31fcfc	Merge pull request #1106 from a7i/release-1.26-patch fix default value assignment of EvictLocalStoragePods	2023-04-03 04:17:52 -07:00
yanggang	bd9dea9979	fix if condition for the right value of EvictLocalStoragePods Signed-off-by: yanggang <gang.yang@daocloud.io>	2023-04-02 20:20:36 -04:00