- Fix invalid "time stamp is the future" error when kubectl cp-ing a file ([#73982](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73982), [@tanshanshan](https://github.com/tanshanshan))
- Fix a bug where `kubectl set config` hangs and uses 100% CPU on some invalid property names ([#79000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79000), [@pswica](https://github.com/pswica))

- Fixed a regression error when proxying responses from aggregated API servers, which could cause watch requests to hang until the first event was received. ([#75887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75887), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Re-enable nodeipam controller for external clouds.  ([#63049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63049), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))
* kubelet: fix hangs in updating Node status after network interruptions/changes between the kubelet and API server ([#63492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63492), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fixes a regression proxying responses from aggregated API servers which could cause watch requests to hang until the first event was received ([#75887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75887), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fixes a bug in kubeadm that caused init and join to hang indefinitely in specific conditions. ([#85156](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85156), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))
- Kubeadm now includes CoreDNS version 1.6.5

- Kubeadm: fix the bug that 'kubeadm upgrade' hangs in single node cluster ([#88434](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88434), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

    * action required: Cloud providers other than GCE might want to update their deployments or sample yaml files to reuse the role created via add-on.

### Other notable changes

* kubelet: fix hangs in updating Node status after network interruptions/changes between the kubelet and API server ([#63492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63492), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Corrected a race condition in bootstrapping aggregated cluster roles in new HA clusters ([#63761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63761), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kubelet: fix hangs in updating Node status after network interruptions/changes between the kubelet and API server ([#63492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63492), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* fix get azure accounts timeout issue when there is no out-bound IP ([#74191](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74191), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubelet to master communication when doing node status updates now has a timeout to prevent indefinite hangs ([#52176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52176), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))