* Connections from Pods to Services with 0 endpoints will now ICMP reject immediately, rather than blackhole and timeout. ([#72534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72534), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))
* Services of type=LoadBalancer which have no endpoints will now immediately ICMP reject connections, rather than time out. ([#74394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74394), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

* API: the metadata.selfLink field is deprecated in individual and list objects. It will no longer be returned starting in v1.20, and the field will be removed entirely in v1.21. ([#80978](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80978), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

* fix issue that pull image failed from a cross-subscription Azure Container Registry ([#66429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66429), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Preserve vmUUID when renewing nodeinfo in vSphere cloud provider ([#66007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66007), [@w-leads](https://github.com/w-leads))

* kubeadm has removed...

  - The `export` query parameter for list API calls is deprecated and will be removed in v1.18 ([#73783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73783), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Fix race condition in kube-proxy initialization that could blackhole UDP traffic to service VIP. ([#126687](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126687), [@wedaly](https://github.com/wedaly)) [SIG Network]

* Fix LoadBalancer rule checking so that no unexpected LoadBalancer updates are made ([#85990](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85990), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Kubelet should ignore cgroup driver check on Windows node. ([#98383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98383), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Node]
- Make podTopologyHints protected by lock ([#95111](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95111), [@choury](https://github.com/choury)) [SIG Node]

  General Support for vSphere 6.7 will end on October 15, 2022. vSphere 6.7 Update 3 is deprecated in Kubernetes v1.24.  Customers are recommended to upgrade vSphere (both ESXi and vCenter) to 7.0u2 or above.  vSphere CSI Driver 2.2.3 and higher supports CSI Migration.

  Support for these deprecations will be available till October 15, 2022. ([#109089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109089), [@deepakkinni](https://github.com/deepakkinni))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- A v2-level info log will be added, which will output the details of the pod being preempted, including victim and preemptor ([#117214](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117214), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Scheduling]