- Fix an error when using external etcd but storing etcd certificates in the same folder with the same name used by kubeadm for local etcd certificates; for an older version of kubeadm, the workaround is to avoid file name used by kubeadm for local etcd. ([#80867](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80867), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))...

however, kubectl v1.21 and older do not support the new API for ephemeral containers.

- The `StructuredAuthenticationConfiguration` feature is now beta and enabled. ([#123719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123719), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))
- The `kube_codegen` tool now ignores the vendor folder during code generation.
   ([#122729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122729), [@jparrill](https://github.com/jparrill))

Please see the [Releases Page](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases) for older releases.

Release notes of older releases can be found in:
- [CHANGELOG-1.2.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.2.md)

- Kubelet config file will be backed up to `/etc/kubernetes/tmp/` folder with `kubeadm-kubelet-config` append with a random suffix as the filename ([#114695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114695), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

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- VSphere: Fix regression during attach disk if datastore is within a storage folder or datastore cluster. ([#102969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102969), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

- Kubeadm: do not check if the `/etc/kubernetes/manifests` folder is empty on joining worker nodes during preflight ([#104942](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104942), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

* Updates Fluentd to 1.3.2 & added filter_parser  ([#71180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71180), [@monotek](https://github.com/monotek))
* The leaderelection package allows the lease holder to release its lease when the calling context is cancelled. This allows ([#71490](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71490), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

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