* Remove metadata agent config maps in favor of command line flags.
    * Update the metadata agent's liveness probe to a new /healthz handler.
    * Logging Agent Improvements
    * Bump logging agent version to 0.2-1.5.33-1-k8s-1.
    * Appropriately set log severity for k8s_container.
    * Fix detect exceptions plugin to analyze message field instead of log field.

* Reduced excessive logging from fluentd-gcp-scaler. ([#68837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68837), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* locking fix in vSphere cleanup function ([#68388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68388), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

- Migrate `proxy/ipvs/proxier.go` logs to structured logging. ([#97796](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97796), [@JornShen](https://github.com/JornShen))
- Migrate `staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry` logs to structured logging. ([#98287](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98287), [@lala123912](https://github.com/lala123912))

  optional string kind = 1;

  // Namespace of the referent.
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/namespaces/
  // +optional
  optional string namespace = 2;

  // Name of the referent.
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
  // +optional
  optional string name = 3;

  // UID of the referent.

  Migrated the `PersistentVolumeClaim` protection controller (within `kube-controller-manager`) to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging).

#### GKE
* New GKE certificates controller. ([#41160](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41160), [@pipejakob](https://github.com/pipejakob))

#### vSphere

- Migrated the `volumebinding scheduler plugins` to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#116803](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116803),...

- Migrated `pod-security-admission` to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#114471](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114471), [@Namanl2001](https://github.com/Namanl2001)) [SIG Apps and Auth]

- Migrate `pkg/scheduler` to structured logging. ([#99273](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99273), [@yangjunmyfm192085](https://github.com/yangjunmyfm192085))

* Adding TerminationGracePeriodSeconds to the test framework API ([#82170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82170), [@vivekbagade](https://github.com/vivekbagade))