`client-certificate: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem` and `client-key: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem`, replacing the embedded client certificate and key. ([#84118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84118), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
#### Network

* Backport of the IPAM allocator enhancements to 1.8 branch. ([#62041](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62041), [@satyasm](https://github.com/satyasm))
* fix the create azure file pvc failure if there is no storage account in current resource group ([#56557](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56557), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- `kubectl config set-context` can now set attributes of the current context, such as the current namespace, by passing `--current` instead of a specific context name ([#66140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66140), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* The global flag "context" now gets applied to `kubectl config view --minify`. In previous versions, this command was only available for `current-context`. Now it will be easier for users to view other non current contexts when minifying. ([#64608](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64608), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

- Added two client certificate metrics for exec auth:
    - `rest_client_certificate_expiration_seconds` a gauge reporting the lifetime of the current client certificate. Reports the time of expiry in seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.

* fix the create azure file pvc failure if there is no storage account in current resource group ([#56557](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56557), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fixed a bug where `AllocationMode: All` would not succeed if a resource pool contained `ResourceSlices` that were not targeting the current node. ([#134466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134466), [@mortent](https://github.com/mortent))

- Kubeadm: avoid panicing if the user has malformed the kubeconfig in the cluster-info config map to not include a valid current context. Include proper validation at the appropriate locations and throw errors instead. ([#134723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134723), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

the work on moving internal APIs that the vSphere provider depends upon to staging to guarantee API stability. This work is being done in conjunction with SIG Cloud Provider and includes the creation of a brand new vsphere-csi plugin to replace the current volume functionalities in-tree.

Additional work was also done to implement a vSphere provider for the Cluster API effort lead by SIG Cluster Lifecycle. For the out-of-tree vSphere cloud provider, the SIG largely focused on bug fixes and...

- Fixes kubelet crash in client certificate rotation cases ([#88079](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88079), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Node]
- Get-kube.sh uses the gcloud's current local GCP service account for auth when the provider is GCE or GKE instead of the metadata server default ([#88383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88383), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]