* enforces  kubeadm  upgrading kubernetes from the same major and minor versions as the kubeadm binary.
* Bugfix allowing use of IP-aliases with custom-mode network in GCE setup scripts. ([#62172](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62172), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))

- If `ComponentSLIs` feature gate is enabled, then `/metrics/slis` becomes available on kubelet, allowing you to scrape health check metrics. ([#113030](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113030), [@Richabanker](https://github.com/Richabanker)) [SIG Node]

- Added a new `FileKeyRef` field to containers, allowing them to load variables from files by setting this field.
  

- A new sleep action for the `PreStop` lifecycle hook was added, allowing containers to pause for a specified duration before termination. ([#119026](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119026), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan))

* Following metrics from kubelet are now marked as with the ALPHA stability...

- Introduces new alpha functionality to the reflector, allowing user to enable API streaming.
  
  To activate this feature, users can set the `ENABLE_CLIENT_GO_WATCH_LIST_ALPHA` environmental variable.

- `PodLifecycleSleepAction` is now turned on by default allowing users to create containers with sleep lifecycle action with a duration of zero seconds ([#130621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130621), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG Node]

*   [alpha] Volume resizing
    *   Added file system resizing for the following volume plugins: GCE PD, Ceph RBD, AWS EBS, OpenStack Cinder
*   [alpha] Topology Aware Volume Scheduling
    *   Improved volume scheduling for Local PersistentVolumes, by allowing the scheduler to make PersistentVolume binding decisions while respecting the Pod's scheduling requirements.

- The following features are now GA, and the associated feature gates are deprecated and will be removed in v1.15:
  - `CustomPodDNS`
  - `HugePages`
  - `MountPropagation`
  - `PersistentLocalVolumes`
- CoreDNS: The following directives or keywords are deprecated and will be removed in v1.15:

* Fixes issue where subpath readOnly mounts failed ([#63045](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63045), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))
* Bugfix allowing use of IP-aliases with custom-mode network in GCE setup scripts. ([#62172](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62172), [@shyamjvs](https://github.com/shyamjvs))