* **WARNING:** A [known issue](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43815)
    in v1.6.0 causes `kubeadm init` to hang. Please use v1.6.1, which fixes the issue.
  * All communication is now over TLS
  * Authorization plugins can be installed by kubeadm, including the new default of RBAC
  * The bootstrap token system now allows token management and expiration

### SIG Windows development tools

### SIG CLI

- RemoteCommand feature gates for kubectl exec, cp, and attach over WebSockets are now enabled by default (Beta):
  - Server-side feature gate: `TranslateStreamCloseWebsocketRequests`
  - Client-side (kubectl) feature gate: `KUBECTL_REMOTE_COMMAND_WEBSOCKETS`

### Bug or Regression

- Added jitter factor to lease controller that better smears load on kube-apiserver over time. ([#101652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101652), [@marseel](https://github.com/marseel)) [SIG API Machinery and Scalability]

- A new `kubelet_preemptions` metric is reported from Kubelets to track the number of preemptions occurring over time, and which resource is triggering those preemptions. ([#84120](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84120), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- Fixed a bug that a pod's .status.nominatedNodeName is not cleared properly, and thus over-occupied system resources. ([#107109](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107109), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

### **Cluster Federation**
#### Placement Policy
* [alpha] The federation-apiserver now supports a SchedulingPolicy admission controller that enables policy-based control over placement of federated resources. For more information, see [Set up placement policies in Federation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/federation/set-up-placement-policies-federation/).

#### Cluster Selection

forwarded to kubelet static pods to control pull policy for etcd and control plane images. This option allows for precise image pull policy specification for master nodes and thus for more tight control over images. It is useful in CI environments and in environments, where the user has total control over master VM templates (thus, the master VM templates can be preloaded with the required Docker images for the control plane services). ([#58960](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58960), [...

- Fix kube-apiserver not to create default/kubernetes service endpoints before it reports readiness via the /healthz and therefore is ready to serve requests. Also early during startup old endpoints are remove which might be left over from a previously crashed kube-apiserver. ([#74668](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74668), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))