*   StatefulSet controller now creates a label for each Pod in a StatefulSet. The label is `statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name`, where `pod-name` = the name of the Pod. This allows users to create a Service per Pod to expose a connection to individual Pods. ([#55329](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55329),[ @kow3ns](https://github.com/kow3ns))

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures
---- | -------------

* force node name lowercase on static pod name generating ([#59849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59849), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882)

* fix device name change issue for azure disk ([#60346](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60346), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Namespace API objects now have a `kubernetes.io/metadata.name` label matching their metadata.name field to allow selecting any namespace by its name using a label selector. ([#96968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96968), [@jayunit100](https://github.com/jayunit100)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Cloud Provider, Storage and Testing]

- The names of ResourceClaims generated from ResourceClaimTemplate are now generated. The base name is still `<pod>-<claim name>`, but a random suffix will avoid name collisions. ([#117351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117351), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, Node, Scheduling and Testing]

* The options passed to a flexvolume plugin's mount command now contains the pod name (`kubernetes.io/pod.name`), namespace (`kubernetes.io/pod.namespace`), uid (`kubernetes.io/pod.uid`), and service account name (`kubernetes.io/serviceAccount.name`). ([#39488](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39488), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

             labels:
               kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
             name: system:azure-cloud-provider
           roleRef:
             apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
             kind: ClusterRole
             name: system:azure-cloud-provider
           subjects:
           - kind: ServiceAccount
             name: azure-cloud-provider
             namespace: kube-system
    ```

- Metric names for CSI and flexvolume drivers will include the driver name as well as the CSI plugin name. ([#96474](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96474), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary)) [SIG Instrumentation and Storage]

### CLI Improvements
- The kubectl's api-resource command now has a `--sort-by` flag to sort resources by name or kind. ([#81971](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81971), [@laddng](https://github.com/laddng))
- A new `--prefix` flag added into kubectl logs which prepends each log line with information about it's source (pod name and container name) ([#76471](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76471), [@m1kola](https://github.com/m1kola))

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures
---- | -------------