*   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))

- 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))

* 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))

- 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

- GCE Windows will no longer install Docker on containerd nodes. ([#101747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101747), [@jeremyje](https://github.com/jeremyje)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Windows]

* kubeadm: explicitly wait for `etcd` to have grown when joining a new control plane ([#72984](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72984), [@ereslibre](https://github.com/ereslibre))
* Install CSINodeInfo and CSIDriver CRDs in the local cluster. ([#72584](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72584), [@xing-yang](https://github.com/xing-yang))

- Changed the dependency version for CoreDNS. Kubernetes tools now install CoreDNS `v1.12.0`. ([#128926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128926), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Cluster Lifecycle]

- The Originating Identity feature, which lets the broker know which user that performed an action, is now GA.
- [Namespaced Brokers](https://svc-cat.io/docs/namespaced-broker-resources/), which enable operators to install a broker into a namespace instead of the cluster level, reached GA.