*   The Kubelet's feature gates are now specified as a map when provided via a JSON or YAML KubeletConfiguration, rather than as a string of key-value pairs, making them less awkward for users. ([#53025](https://github.com/kubernete...

    * ServiceDelimiter string Delimiter to use to separate overridden services (multiple services) Defaults to "&"
    * ServicenameDelimiter string Delimiter to use to separate servicename from its configuration parameters Defaults "|"
    * OverrideSeparator string Delimiter to use to separate region of occurrence, url and signing region for each override Defaults to ","

    2. Remove the `kubeadm.alpha.kubernetes.io/cri-socket` annotation from nodes during upgrade operations.
    3. Remove the `--container-runtime-endpoint` flag from the `/var/lib/kubelet/kubeadm-flags.env` file during upgrades. ([#131981](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131981), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* Remove 0,1,3 from rand.String, to avoid 'bad words' ([#50070](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50070), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))
* Fix data race during addition of new CRD ([#50098](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50098), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

volume. It's forbidden to change the `volumeAttributesClassName` field of a PVC object until the PVC is bound to a PV object. During the binding process, if a PVC has a `volumeAttributesClassName` field set, the controller will only consider volumes that have the same `volumeAttributesClassName` as the PVC. If the `volumeAttributesClassName` field is not set or set to an empty string, only volumes with empty `volumeAttributesClassName` will be considered. ([#121902](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121902),...

- OIDC authentication will now fail if the username asserted based on a CEL expression config is the empty string.  Previously the request would be authenticated with the username set to the empty string. ([#123568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123568), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries...

correct these files before upgrading.** When specifying keys in JSON resource definitions during direct API server communication, the keys are case-sensitive. A bug introduced in Kubernetes 1.8 caused the API server to accept a request with incorrect case and coerce it to correct case, but this behaviour has been fixed in 1.11 and the API server will once again be enforcing the correct case. It’s worth noting that during this time, the `kubectl` tool continued to enforce case-sensitive keys, so users that...

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## Known Issues

* If you need to downgrade from 1.10 to 1.9.x, downgrade to v1.9.6 to ensure PV and PVC objects can be deleted properly.