- The built-in `system:csi-external-provisioner` and `system:csi-external-attacher` cluster roles are deprecated and will not be auto-created in a future release. CSI deployments should provide their own RBAC...

`--bootstrap-kubeconfig` argument to Kubelet previously created the first bootstrap client credentials in the certificates directory as `kubelet-client.key` and `kubelet-client.crt`.  Subsequent certificates created by cert rotation were created in a combined PEM file that was atomically rotated as `kubelet-client-DATE.pem` in that directory, which meant clients relying on the `node.kubeconfig` generated by bootstrapping would never use a rotated cert.  The initial bootstrap certificate is now generated...

- When scaling down a ReplicaSet, delete doubled up replicas first, where a "doubled up replica" is defined as one that is on the same node as an active replica belonging to a related ReplicaSet.  ReplicaSets are considered "related" if they have a common controller (typically a Deployment). ([#80004](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80004), [@Miciah](https://github.com/Miciah))

* UDP connections now support graceful termination in IPVS mode ([#71515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71515), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

 - The default Bootstrap Token created with `kubeadm init` v1.8 expires
 and is deleted after 24 hours by default to limit the exposure of the
 valuable credential. You can create a new Bootstrap Token with
 `kubeadm token create` or make the default token permanently valid by specifying
 `--token-ttl 0` to `kubeadm init`. The default token can later be deleted with
 `kubeadm token delete`.

  It will affect some metrics values related to the InterPodAffinity Score plugin. ([#117794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117794), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling]
- The scheduler skips the `PodTopologySpread` Filter plugin if no spread constraints.

- Updated distroless iptables to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/distroless-iptables:v0.2.2`
  - Updated setcap to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/setcap:bullseye-v1.4.2` ([#116509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116509), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Testing]

* fixes a memory leak in the kube-controller-manager observed when large numbers of pods with tolerations are created/deleted ([#65339](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65339), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Some field names in the Kubelet's now v1beta1 config API differ from the v1alpha1 API: for example, PodManifestPath is renamed to StaticPodPath, ManifestURL is renamed to StaticPodURL, and ManifestURLHeader is renamed to StaticPodURLHeader. Users should focus on switching to the v1beta1 API. ([#60314](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60314), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

- EndpointSlice IP validation now matches Endpoints IP validation. ([#101084](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101084), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Apps and Network]
- Ensure service deleted when the Azure resource group has been deleted ([#100944](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100944), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]