- The pause image upgraded to `v3.4.1` in kubelet and kubeadm for both Linux and Windows. ([#98205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98205), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- Pause image contains "Architecture" in non-amd64 images ([#87954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87954), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Release]

* Bump metadata proxy version to v0.1.7 to pick up security fix. ([#57762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57762), [@ihmccreery](https://github.com/ihmccreery))

* The kubelet uses a new release 3.1 of the pause container with the Docker runtime. This version will clean up orphaned zombie processes that it inherits. ([#57517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57517), [@verb](https://github.com/verb))

- kubeadm: Pull sidecar and dnsmasq-nanny images when using kube-dns ([#66499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66499), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))
- kubeadm: Fix pause image to not use architecture, as it is a manifest list ([#65920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65920), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

    * request a client certificate from the API server during the boot cycle and pause
    * waiting for the request to be satisfied. It will continually refresh the certificate
    * as the certificates expiration approaches.

- Kubeadm now respects the custom image registry configuration across joins and upgrades. Kubeadm passes the custom registry to the kubelet for a custom pause container. ([#70603](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70603), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))

needed. A future release will make the `ErrWaitTimeout` error private and callers must use `Interrupted()` instead. If you are returning `ErrWaitTimeout` from your own methods, switch to creating a location specific `cause err` and pass it to the new method `wait.ErrorInterrupted(cause) error` which will ensure `Interrupted()` returns true for your loop. 
  
  The `wait.NewExponentialBackoffManager` and `wait.NewJitteringBackoffManager` functions have been marked as deprecated.  Callers...

* fixes spurious "meaningful conflict" error encountered by nodes attempting to update status, which could cause them to be considered unready ([#66171](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66171), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubeadm: Fix pause image to not use architecture, as it is a manifest list ([#65920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65920), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]