* Updates Fluentd to 1.3.2 & added filter_parser  ([#71180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71180), [@monotek](https://github.com/monotek))
* The leaderelection package allows the lease holder to release its lease when the calling context is cancelled. This allows ([#71490](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71490), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

In previous versions, the whole object was logged in audit events. Starting in 1.11, only `status`, `reason`, and `code` are logged. Code that relies on the older version must be updated to avoid errors.
([#62695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62695), [@CaoShuFeng](https://github.com/CaoShuFeng))

- Fix an error when using external etcd but storing etcd certificates in the same folder with the same name used by kubeadm for local etcd certificates; for an older version of kubeadm, the workaround is to avoid file name used by kubeadm for local etcd. ([#80867](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80867), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))...

* Restores the ability of older clients to delete and scale jobs with initContainers ([#59880](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59880), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubernetes v1.13 moves support for Container Storage Interface to GA. As part of this move Kubernetes now supports CSI v1.0.0 and deprecates support for CSI 0.3 and older releases. Older CSI drivers must be updated to CSI 1.0 and moved to the new kubelet plugin registration directory in order to work with Kubernetes 1.15+. ([#71020](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71020), [@saad-ali](https://github.com/saad-ali))

Please see the [Releases Page](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases) for older releases.

Release notes of older releases can be found in:
- [CHANGELOG-1.2.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.2.md)

## Changelog since v1.18.3

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Resolve regression in metadata.managedFields handling in update/patch requests submitted by older API clients ([#92007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92007), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Feature

however, kubectl v1.21 and older do not support the new API for ephemeral containers.

## Changelog since v1.17.6

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Resolve regression in metadata.managedFields handling in update/patch requests submitted by older API clients ([#92008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92008), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

### Feature

- The (alpha) nftables mode of kube-proxy now requires version 1.0.1 or later
  of the nft command-line, and kernel 5.13 or later. (For testing/development
  purposes, you can use older kernels, as far back as 5.4, if you set the
  `nftables.skipKernelVersionCheck` option in the kube-proxy config, but this is not
  recommended in production since it may cause problems with other nftables