* Mechanism of adding `federation domain maps` to kube-dns deployment via `--federations` flag is superseded by adding/updating `federations` key in `kube-system/kube-dns` configmap. If user is using kubefed tool to join cluster federation, adding federation domain maps to kube-dns is already taken care by `kubefed join` and does not need further action.

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

- Changed NodeToStatusMap from a map to a struct and exposed methods to access the entries. Added absentNodesStatus, which informs the status of nodes that are absent in the map. For developers of out-of-tree PostFilter plugins, ensure to update the usage of NodeToStatusMap. Additionally, NodeToStatusMap should eventually be renamed to NodeToStatusReader....

- cloud.google.com/go/lifesciences: v0.9.4
- cloud.google.com/go/logging: v1.9.0
- cloud.google.com/go/longrunning: v0.5.4
- cloud.google.com/go/managedidentities: v1.6.4
- cloud.google.com/go/maps: v1.6.3
- cloud.google.com/go/mediatranslation: v0.8.4
- cloud.google.com/go/memcache: v1.10.4
- cloud.google.com/go/metastore: v1.13.3
- cloud.google.com/go/monitoring: v1.17.0

- cloud.google.com/go/lifesciences: v0.8.0
- cloud.google.com/go/logging: v1.7.0
- cloud.google.com/go/longrunning: v0.4.1
- cloud.google.com/go/managedidentities: v1.5.0
- cloud.google.com/go/maps: v0.7.0
- cloud.google.com/go/mediatranslation: v0.7.0
- cloud.google.com/go/memcache: v1.9.0
- cloud.google.com/go/metastore: v1.10.0
- cloud.google.com/go/monitoring: v1.13.0

- Kubernetes 1.12 includes a large number of metadata agent improvements, including expanding the metadata agent's access to all API groups and removing metadata agent config maps in favor of command line flags. It also includes improvements to the logging agent, such as multiple fixes and adjustments.
 ([#66485](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66485), [@bmoyles0117](https://github.com/bmoyles0117))

* Fixes a performance issue when using server-side apply with objects with very large atomic maps. ([#85462](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85462), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

  - Deletion of remote endpoints will be triggered only for terminated endpoints (those present in the old endpoints map but not in the new endpoints map), whereas previously it was also done for terminating endpoints. ([#124092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124092), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network and Windows]

- SelectorSpreadPriority maps to PodTopologySpread plugin when DefaultPodTopologySpread feature is enabled ([#95448](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95448), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]