- The in-tree GCE PD plugin `kubernetes.io/gce-pd` is now deprecated and will be removed in 1.21. Users that self-deploy Kubernetes on GCP should enable CSIMigration + CSIMigrationGCE features and install the GCE PD CSI Driver (https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver) to avoid disruption to existing Pod and PVC objects at that time. Users should start using the GCE PD CSI CSI Driver directly for any new volumes. (...

it requires installation of the OpenStack Cinder CSI Driver. The in-tree AWS OpenStack Cinder driver "kubernetes.io/cinder" was deprecated in 1.16 and will be removed in 1.20. Users should enable CSIMigration + CSIMigrationOpenStack features and install the OpenStack Cinder CSI Driver (https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack) to avoid disruption to existing Pod and PVC objects at that time. Users should start using the OpenStack Cinder CSI Driver directly for any new volumes. ([#8...

- `kube-proxy`: Added an option/flag for configuring the `nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal` sysctl (in the kernel's netfilter conntrack subsystem).  When enabled, `kube-proxy` will not install the `DROP` rule for invalid conntrack states, which currently breaks users of asymmetric routing. ([#120354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120354), [@aroradaman](https://github.com/aroradaman))

### Feature

*   You now have the option to use CoreDNS instead of KubeDNS. To install CoreDNS instead of kube-dns, set CLUSTER_DNS_CORE_DNS to 'true'. This support is experimental. ([#52501](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52501),[ @rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep)) ([#55728](https://github.com/kubernet...

  for actions against a CRI endpoint. The kubeadm deb/rpm packages will continue to install the `cri-tools`
  package for one more release, but in you must adapt your scripts to install `crictl` manually from
  https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases or a different location.
  

- KMS Providers will install a healthz check for the status of kms-plugin in kube-apiservers' encryption config. ([#78540](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78540), [@immutableT](https://github.com/immutableT))

- Azure file migration graduates to beta, with CSIMigrationAzureFile flag off by default
  as it requires installation of AzureFile CSI Driver. Users should enable CSIMigration and
  CSIMigrationAzureFile features and install the [AzureFile CSI Driver](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/azurefile-csi-driver)
  to avoid disruption to existing Pod and PVC objects at that time. Azure File CSI driver does not support using same persistent

- The cluster addon for dashboard was removed. To install dashboard, see [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/blob/master/docs/user/README.md). ([#107481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107481), [@shu-mutou](https://github.com/shu-mutou))

#### API Machinery

- `k8s.io/kubernetes` and published components (such as `k8s.io/client-go` and `k8s.io/api`) now contain go module files including dependency version information. See [go-modules](http://git.k8s.io/client-go/INSTALL.md#go-modules) for details on consuming `k8s.io/client-go` using go modules. ([#74877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74877), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

#### Apps

* Added a `kubeadm config images list` command that lists required container images for a kubeadm install. ([#63450](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63450), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))