* kubectl: fixes issue with `-o yaml` and `-o json` omitting kind and apiVersion when used with `--dry-run` ([#61808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61808), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* kubectl: fixes issue with `-o yaml` and `-o json` omitting kind and apiVersion when used with `--dry-run` ([#61808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61808), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

expression list may be omitted from any but the first ConstSpec.
Such an empty list is equivalent to the textual substitution of the
first preceding non-empty expression list and its type if any.
Omitting the list of expressions is therefore equivalent to
repeating the previous list.  The number of identifiers must be equal
to the number of expressions in the previous list.

- Fixed a bug where when emitting similar Events consecutively, some were rejected by the apiserver. ([#114237](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114237), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))

- Kube-scheduler: emits a warning when a malformed component config file is used with v1alpha1. ([#84129](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84129), [@obitech](https://github.com/obitech))
- Kube-scheduler now falls back to emitting events using core/v1 Events when events.k8s.io/v1beta1 is disabled. ([#83692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83692), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

- Implemented alpha support for a drop-in kubelet configuration directory. ([#119390](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119390), [@sohankunkerkar](https://github.com/sohankunkerkar))

  * Implement API usage metrics for GCE storage. ([#40338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40338), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

  * Add support for emitting metrics from openstack cloudprovider about storage operations. ([#46008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46008), [@NickrenREN](https://github.com/NickrenREN))

* vSphere cloud provider: vSphere Storage policy Support for dynamic volume provisioning ([#46176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46176), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Add support for emitting metrics from openstack cloudprovider about storage operations. ([#46008](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46008), [@NickrenREN](https://github.com/NickrenREN))

* Fixed binding of block PersistentVolumes / PersistentVolumeClaims when BlockVolume feature is off. ([#84049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84049), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
* kube-scheduler now fallbacks to emitting events using core/v1 Events when events.k8s.io/v1beta1 is disabled. ([#83692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83692), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

*   Azure NSG rules can be consolidated to reduce the likelihood of hitting Azure resource limits (available only in regions where the Augmented Security Groups preview is available).  ([#55740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55740), [@itowlson](https://github.com/itowlson))