- Added a new `--init-only` command line flag to `kube-proxy`. Setting the flag makes `kube-proxy` perform its initial configuration that requires privileged mode, and then exit. The `--init-only` mode is intended to be executed in a privileged init container, so that the main container may run with a stricter `securityContext`. ([#120864](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120864),...

- kubeadm has graduated `kubeadm alpha phase` commands to `kubeadm init phase`. This means that the phases of creating a control-plane node are now tightly integrated as part of the `init` command. Alpha features, not yet ready for GA are still kept under `kubeadm alpha` and we appreciate feedback on them.

- Kubeadm: if an unknown command name is passed to any parent command such as 'kubeadm init phase' return an error. If 'kubeadm init phase' or another command that has subcommands is called without subcommand name, print the available commands...

### Federation
* The --dns-provider argument of 'kubefed init' is now mandatory and does not default to `google-clouddns`. To initialize a Federation control plane with Google Cloud DNS, use the following invocation: 'kubefed init --dns-provider=google-clouddns' ([#42092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42092), [@marun](https://github.com/marun))

 - Fix HPA when using init containers and CRI-O ([#90901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90901), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith)) [SIG Node]
 - Fix flaws in Azure CSI translation ([#90325](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90325), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

 - The default Bootstrap Token created with `kubeadm init` v1.8 expires
 and is deleted after 24 hours by default to limit the exposure of the
 valuable credential. You can create a new Bootstrap Token with
 `kubeadm token create` or make the default token permanently valid by specifying
 `--token-ttl 0` to `kubeadm init`. The default token can later be deleted with
 `kubeadm token delete`.

- Fixed a bug where init containers may fail to start due to a temporary container runtime failure. ([#127213](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127213), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

 - Fix HPA when using init containers and CRI-O ([#90900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90900), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith)) [SIG Node]

kubeadm: Promoted the feature gate `ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode` to Beta. By default, kubeadm will use the local kube-apiserver endpoint for the kubelet when creating a cluster with `kubeadm init` or when joining control plane nodes with `kubeadm join`. Enabling the feature gate also affects the `kubeadm init phase kubeconfig kubelet` phase, where the flag `--control-plane-endpoint` no longer affects the generated kubeconfig `Server` field, but the flag `--apiserver-advertise-address` can now be used...

statically to `IfNotPresent` for all required images. If you want to always pull the latest images before cluster init (as `Always` would do), run `kubeadm config images pull` before each `kubeadm init`. If you don't want the kubelet to pull any images at `kubeadm init` time, for example if you don't have an internet connection, you can also run `kubeadm config images pull` before `kubeadm init` or side-load the images some other way (such as `docker load -i image.tar`). Having the images locally cached...