kube-dns addon optional so that users can deploy their own DNS solution. ([#57113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57113), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* `kubectl port-forward` now supports specifying a service to port forward to, as in `kubectl port-forward svc/myservice 8443:443`. Additional support has also been added for looking up targetPort for a service, as well as enabling using svc/name to select a pod. ([#59809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59809),...

- kubeadm now automatically sets the `--pod-infra-container-image` flag when starting the kubelet.

### SIG IBM Cloud

- Added namespace autocompletion for `kubectl config set-context` command. ([#124994](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124994), [@TessaIO](https://github.com/TessaIO)) [SIG CLI]
- Added ports autocompletion for kubectl port-foward command. ([#124683](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124683), [@TessaIO](https://github.com/TessaIO)) [SIG CLI]

## Dependencies

### Added

- Fixed a bug where startupProbe stopped working after a container's first restart ([#101093](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101093), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]
- Fixed port-forward memory leak for long-running and heavily used connections. ([#99839](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99839), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]

* Use full package path for definition name in OpenAPI spec ([#40124](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40124), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))
* Follow redirects for streaming requests (exec/attach/port-forward) in the apiserver by default (alpha -> beta). ([#40039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40039), [@timstclair](https://github.com/timstclair))

    - kubeadm: implemented CRI detection for Windows worker nodes ([#78053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78053), [@ksubrmnn](https://github.com/ksubrmnn))

* Created a new `dryRun` query parameter for mutating endpoints. If the parameter is set, then the query will be rejected, as the feature is not implemented yet. This will allow forward compatibility with future clients; otherwise, future clients talking with older apiservers might end up modifying a resource even if they include the `dryRun` query parameter. ([#63557](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63557), [@apel...

### Instrumentation

// PodPortForwardOptions is the query options to a Pod's port forward call
// when using WebSockets.
// The `port` query parameter must specify the port or
// ports (comma separated) to forward over.
// Port forwarding over SPDY does not use these options. It requires the port
// to be passed in the `port` header as part of request.
message PodPortForwardOptions {
  // List of ports to forward
  // Required when using WebSockets