* Fix image file system stats for windows nodes. ([#59743](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59743), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* Kubernetes will now return an error if New-SmbGlobalMapping failed when mounting an azure file on Windows. ([#59540](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59540), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Events:
    Type     Reason   Age                 From               Message
    ----     ------   ----                ----               -------
    Warning  Failed   7m11s (x2 over 7m33s) kubelet          spec.containers{nginx}: Failed to pull image "nginx": failed to pull and unpack image... ([#133627](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133627), [@itzPranshul](https://github.com/itzPranshul)) [SIG CLI]

- kube-apiserver now reloads the `--authorization-config` file when it changes. Reloads increment the `apiserver_authorization_config_controller_automatic_reload_last_timestamp_seconds` timestamp metric, with `status="success"` for successful reloads and `status="failed"` for failed reloads. Failed reloads keep using the previously loaded authorization configuration.

provisioned PVs, if its volume source is CSI type or it has migrated annotation, when it's deleted, the PersisentVolume controller won't changes its phase to the Failed state. 
  
  With this patch, the external provisioner can remove the finalizer in next reconcile loop. Unfortunately if the provious existing pv has the Failed state, this patch won't take effort. It requires users to remove finalizer. ([#126045](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126045), [@carlory](https://...

- Remove `NodeLease` feature gate that was graduated and locked to stable in 1.17 release. ([#1052...

* Fixed a regression in kube-scheduler to properly load client connection information from a `--config` file that references a kubeconfig file. ([#65507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65507), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix regression in `v1.JobSpec.backoffLimit` that caused failed Jobs to be restarted indefinitely. ([#63650](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63650), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

  - kubectl create secret docker-registry <NAME> --from-file=<path/to/.docker/config.json>
  - kubectl create secret docker-registry <NAME> --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=<path/to/.docker/config.json> ([#119589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119589), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG CLI]

  * The `--audit-policy-file` option is required if the `AdvancedAuditing` feature is not explicitly turned off (`--feature-gates=AdvancedAuditing=false`) on the API server.
  * The audit log file defaults to JSON encoding when using the advanced auditing feature gate.
  * An audit policy file without either an `apiVersion` or a `kind` field may be treated as invalid.
  * The webhook and log file now output the `v1beta1` event format.

* change default azure file/dir mode to 0755 ([#56551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56551), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- kubeadm: Improved `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm join` to provide consistent error messages when the kubelet failed or when failed to wait for control plane components. ([#130040](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130040), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi))