- Scheduler alpha metrics binding_duration_seconds and scheduling_algorithm_preemption_evaluation_seconds are deprecated, Both of those metrics are now covered as part of framework_extension_point_duration_seconds, the former as a PostFilter the latter and a Bind plugin. The plan is to remove both in 1.21 ([#95001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95001), [@arghya88](https://github.com/arghya88))...

- The PodDisruptionBudget `spec.unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy` field has graduated to beta and is enabled by default. On servers with the feature enabled, this field may be set to `AlwaysAllow` to always allow unhealthy pods covered by the PodDisruptionBudget to be evicted. ([#115363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115363), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla)) [SIG Apps, Auth and Node]

* Fixed controller manager crash by making it tolerant to discovery errors.([#49767](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49767), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Introduction of the pod overhead feature to the scheduler. This functionality is alpha-level as of
  Kubernetes v1.16, and is only honored by servers that enable the PodOverhead feature.gate. ([#78319](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78319), [@egernst](https://github.com/egernst))

    * The `kube-cloud-controller-manager` flag `--use-service-account-credentials` is now honored consistently, regardless of whether `--service-account-private-key-file` was specified.

*   The "ServiceNodeExclusion" feature gate must now be enabled for the `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer` annotation on nodes to be honored. ([#54644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54644),[ @brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.

- Disabled `LocalStorageCapacityIsolation` feature gate is honored during scheduling. ([#96181](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96181), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Added `.spec.completionMode` field to Job, with accepted values `NonIndexed` (default) and `Indexed`. This is an alpha field and is only honored by servers with the `IndexedJob` feature gate enabled. ([#98441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98441), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and CLI]

- The PodDisruptionBudget `spec.unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy` field has graduated to GA. This field may be set to `AlwaysAllow` to always allow unhealthy pods covered by the PodDisruptionBudget to be evicted. ([#123428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123428), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree)) [SIG Apps, Auth, Node and Testing]

- The `RemoteRequestHeaderUID` feature moves to beta and is now enabled by default. This makes the kube-apiserver propagate UIDs in the `X-Remote-Uid` header in requests to the aggregated API servers. The header is not honored by default for incoming requests, but that can be enabled by setting the `--requestheader-uid-headers` flag explicitly. ([#130560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130560), [@stlaz](https://github.com/stlaz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth...