`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

- `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))

* 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))

- 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.

* Scheduler should be able to read from config file if configmap is not present. ([#59386](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59386), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla))
* Add apiserver metric for current inflight-request usage. ([#58342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58342), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))

- 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]

- 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]

### External credential provider for client-go

The client-go credential plugins can now be passed in the current cluster information via the `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable. Learn more about this on [client-go credential plugins documentation](https://docs.k8s.io/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins/).

* When performing a GET then PUT, the kube-apiserver must write the canonical representation of the object to etcd if the current value does not match. That allows external agents to migrate content in etcd from one API version to another, across different storage types, or across varying encryption levels. This fixes a bug introduced in 1.5 where we unintentionally stopped...