* `kubectl edit` and `kubectl apply` will keep the ordering of elements in merged lists ([#45980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45980), [@mengqiy](https://github.com/mengqiy))

      * New patch directive (retainKeys) to specifying clearing fields missing from the request ([#44597](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44597), [@mengqiy](https://github.com/mengqiy))

  
  When we switched to go-runner for building the apiserver,
  controller-manager, and scheduler server components, we no longer
  reference the individual architectures in the image names, specifically
  in the 'FROM' directive of the server image Dockerfiles.
  
  As a result, server images for non-amd64 images copy in the go-runner
  amd64 binary instead of the go-runner that matches that architecture.
  

- Fixed bug where explain was not properly respecting jsonpaths. ([#115694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115694), [@mpuckett159](https://github.com/mpuckett159))

* Add generic Toleration for NoExecute Taints to NodeProblemDetector ([#45883](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45883), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
* support replaceKeys patch strategy and directive for strategic merge patch ([#44597](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44597), [@mengqiy](https://github.com/mengqiy))

- Kube-apiserver: Previously persisted `CustomResourceDefinition` objects with an invalid whitespace-only...

- Adds the ability to pass --strict-transport-security-directives to the kube-apiserver to set the HSTS header appropriately.  Be sure you understand the consequences to browsers before setting this field. ([#96502](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96502), [@249043822](https://github.com/249043822))...

*   Load balancer reconciliation now considers NSG rules based not only on Name, but also on Protocol, SourcePortRange, DestinationPortRange, SourceAddressPrefix, DestinationAddressPrefix, Access, and Direction. This change makes it possible to update NSG rules under more conditions.  ([#55752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55752),[ @kevinkim9264](https://github.com/kevinkim9264))

  - setcap:bullseye-v1.3.0 ([#110558](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110558), [@wespanther](https://github.com/wespanther))
- When using the OpenStack legacy cloud provider, kubelet and KCM will ignore unknown configuration directives rather than failing to start. ([#109709](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109709), [@mdbooth](https://github.com/mdbooth))

#### New API fields:

  - `CustomPodDNS`
  - `HugePages`
  - `MountPropagation`
  - `PersistentLocalVolumes`
- CoreDNS: The following directives or keywords are deprecated and will be removed in v1.15:
  - `upstream` option of `kubernetes` plugin, becoming default behavior in v1.15.
  - `proxy` plugin replaced by `forward` plugin