- Update `kube-proxy` base image `debian-iptables` to v1.6.2 to pickup [documentation](https://github.com/kubernetes/release/pull/2106)
  \n"- `debian-iptables`: select nft mode if ntf lines > legacy lines, matching [iptables-wrappers](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/iptables-wrappers/)" ([#102590](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102590), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder))

l/58171), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))

* Default values differ between the Kubelet's componentconfig (config file) API and the Kubelet's command line. Be sure to review the default values when migrating to using a config file. For example, the authz mode is set to "AlwaysAllow" if you rely on the command line, but defaults to the more secure "Webhook" mode if you load config from a file. ([#59666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59666), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))...

- All api-server log request lines in a more greppable format. ([#87203](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87203), [@lavalamp](https://github.com/lavalamp)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Added Windows support for the node memory manager. ([#128560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128560), [@marosset](https://github.com/marosset)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- Added `--concurrent-daemonset-syncs` command line flag to kube-controller-manager. This value sets the number of workers for the daemonset controller. ([#128444](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128444), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k))

- Metrics Server image bumped to v0.5.2 ([#106492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106492), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))
- Modified command line errors (for example, `kubectl list` -> `unknown command`) that were printed as log message with escaped line breaks instead of a multi-line plain text, making the error hard to read. ([#107044](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107044), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

- The `kube-proxy` command-line documentation was updated to clarify that
  `--bind-address` does not actually have anything to do with binding to an

* Update crictl on GCE to v1.11.0. ([#65254](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65254), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))
* Fixes missing nodes lines when kubectl top nodes ([#64389](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64389), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882))

  - Fix an error where existing nodes were not considered as destinations while finding place for pods in scale-down simulations
  - Remove redundant log lines and reduce severity around parsing kubeEnv
  - Don't treat nodes created by virtual kubelet as nodes from non-autoscaled node groups
  - Remove redundant logging around calculating node utilization

- A new `--prefix` flag added into kubectl logs which prepends each log line with information about it's source (pod name and container name) ([#76471](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76471), [@m1kola](https://github.com/m1kola))

## API Changes

etes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/ephemeral-containers/) are now generally available (GA). The `EphemeralContainers` feature gate is always enabled and should be removed from `--feature-gates` flag on the kube-apiserver and the kubelet command lines. The `EphemeralContainers` feature gate is [deprecated and scheduled for removal](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-policy/#deprecation)  in a future release. ([#111402](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111402),...