- Make EBS volume expansion faster ([#66728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66728), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- Remove unused binary and container image for kube-aggregator. The functionality is already integrated into the kube-apiserver. ([#67157](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67157), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- 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.

  * Remove the `--enable-cri` flag. CRI is now the default, and the only way to integrate with Kubelet for the container runtimes.([#45194](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45194), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Promotes VolumePVCDataSource (Cloning) feature to beta for 1.16 release ([#81792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81792), [@j-griffith](https://github.com/j-griffith))
- Integrated volume limits for in-tree and CSI volumes into one scheduler predicate. ([#77595](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77595), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))

## Deprecations and Removals

- API

- Fixed #118052: nodeAffinity on pods can change prior to scheduling gates being removed even when podSpec.affinity is nil in the initial spec, this matches the 1.28 behavior to allow consistent integrators to be written. ([#118199](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118199), [@aleskandro](https://github.com/aleskandro)) [SIG Apps, Scheduling and Testing]

    *   Make crictl command more user friendly and add more subcommands.
    *   Integrate with CRI verbose option to provide extra debug information.
    *   Update CRI to kubernetes v1.9.
    *   Bug fixes in validation test suites.

### go1.15.5

go1.15.5 has been integrated into the Kubernetes project as of this release, [including other infrastructure related updates on this effort](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95776).

### CSI Volume Snapshot graduates to General Availability

* RBAC: The system:kubelet-api-admin cluster role can be used to grant full access to the kubelet API  so integrators can grant this role to the --kubelet-client-certificate credential given to the apiserver. ([#57128](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57128), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

kubeadm-specific `RootlessControlPlane` feature gate. When you deploy a cluster using this alpha feature, your control plane runs with lower privileges.

A new [v1beta3 configuration API](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1796). It [iterates over v1beta2](https://pkg.go.dev/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3) by adding some long requested features and deprecating some existing ones. The `V1beta3` is now the preferred API version; the `v1beta2` API also remains available...