* fix kubelet fail to delete orphaned pod directory when the kubelet's pods directory (default is "/var/lib/kubelet/pods") symbolically links to another disk device's directory ([#79094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79094), [@gaorong](https://github.com/gaorong))

* fix kubelet fail to delete orphaned pod directory when the kubelet's pods directory (default is "/var/lib/kubelet/pods") symbolically links to another disk device's directory ([#79094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79094), [@gaorong](https://github.com/gaorong))

## Changelog since v1.14.3

### Other notable changes

* fix kubelet fail to delete orphaned pod directory when the kubelet's pods directory (default is "/var/lib/kubelet/pods") symbolically links to another disk device's directory ([#79094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79094), [@gaorong](https://github.com/gaorong))

- Fix kubelet fail to delete orphaned pod directory when the kubelet's pods directory (default is `/var/lib/kubelet/pods`) symbolically links to another disk device's directory ([#79094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79094), [@gaorong](https://github.com/gaorong))

## Testing

- Fix controller-manager crashes when flex plugin is removed from flex plugin directory ([#65536](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65536), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- Fix local volume directory can't be deleted because of volumeMode error ([#65310](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65310), [@wenlxie](https://github.com/wenlxie))

- Kubelet: Extended the `--image-credential-provider-config` flag to accept a directory path in addition to a single file. When a directory was specified, all .json, .yaml, and .yml files in that directory were loaded and merged in lexicographical order. ([#131658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131658), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG Auth and Node]

   ([#123696](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123696), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))
- kubelet allowed specifying a custom root directory for pod logs (instead of the default /var/log/pods) using the `podLogsDir` key in kubelet configuration.
   ([#112957](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112957), [@mxpv](https://github.com/mxpv))

([#58973](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58973), [@verb](https://github.com/verb))

* The default Flexvolume plugin directory for COS images on GCE has changed to `/home/kubernetes/flexvolume`, rather than `/etc/srv/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/volume/exec`. Existing Flexvolume installations in clusters using COS images must be moved to the new directory, and installation processes must be updated with the new path. ([#58171](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58171), [@v...

### **CLI**

#### **Kubectl**

*   `kubectl cp` can now copy a remote file into a local directory. ([#46762](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46762),[ @bruceauyeung](https://github.com/bruceauyeung))

- Kubeadm: ensure "kubeadm reset" does not unmount the root "/var/lib/kubelet" directory if it is mounted by the user ([#93702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93702), [@thtanaka](https://github.com/thtanaka)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]