a consequence, all volume mounts in containers are now `rslave` on Linux by default. To make this default work in all Linux environments the entire mount tree should be marked as shareable, e.g. via `mount --make-rshared /`. All Linux distributions that use systemd already have the root directory mounted as rshared and hence they need not do anything. In Linux environments without systemd we recommend running `mount --make-rshared /` during boot before docker is started, ([@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))...

are adding Windows Server Virtual Machines as nodes to your Kubernetes environment, there is a compatibility issue with certain virtualization products. Specifically the Windows version of the kubelet.exe calls `GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory` to get the physical memory installed on Windows machines and reports it as part of node metrics to heapster. This API call fails for VMware and VirtualBox virtualization environments. This issue is not present in bare metal Windows deployments, in Hyper-V,...

or `/etc/sysconfig/kubelet`, depending on the system...

- kube-apiserver

  - the `--basic-auth-file` flag and authentication mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. It is not recommended for production environments. ([#81152](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81152), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu))

- Kubernetes will try to acquire the iptables lock every 100 msec during 5 seconds instead of every second. This is especially useful for environments using kube-proxy in iptables mode with a high churn rate of services. ([#85771](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85771), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network]

- Kubeadm: now sets the host `OS` environment variables when executing `crictl` during image pulls. This fixed a bug where `*PROXY` environment variables did not affect `crictl` internet connectivity. ([#110134](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110134), [@mk46](https://github.com/mk46))

- Fix client-go prometheus metrics to correctly present the API path accessed in some environments. ([#74363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74363), [@aanm](https://github.com/aanm)) [SIG API Machinery]

- `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm init phase` now have a `--image-repository` flag, improving support for environments with limited access to official kubernetes repository.
- The DynamicKubeletConfig and SelfHosting functionality was moved outside of `kubeadm init` and feature gates and is now exposed under `kubeadm alpha`.

* /test/e2e/framework: Adds a flag "non-blocking-taints" which allows tests to run in environments with tainted nodes. String value should be a comma-separated list. ([#81043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81043), [@johnSchnake](https://github.com/johnSchnake))...

* Heat cluster operations now support environments that have multiple Swift URLs ([#41561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41561), [@jamiehannaford](https://github.com/jamiehannaford))