* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply...

- Added kubelet metrics to track the memory manager allocation and pinning. ([#121778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121778), [@Tal-or](https://github.com/Tal-or))

- Fixed bug where dry run message was not printed when running `kubectl label` with `--dry-run` flag. ([#111571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111571), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

Pruning is activated by setting `spec.preserveUnknownFields: false` in the CustomResourceDefinition. A future apiextensions.k8s.io/v1 variant of CRDs will enforce pruning.

Pruning requires that CRD developer provides complete, structural validation schemas, either at the top-level or for all versions of the CRD.

* Fix `describe statefulset` not printing number of desired replicas correctly ([#72781](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72781), [@tghartland](https://github.com/tghartland))

* Fixes bug finding master replicas in GCE when running multiple Kubernetes clusters. ([#58561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58561), [@jesseshieh](https://github.com/jesseshieh))

deserialization, which fails if the config file contains duplicate or unknown fields. This protects against accidentally running with config files that are malformed, mis-indented, or have typos in field names, and getting unexpected behavior. When `--encryption-provider-config-automatic-reload` is used, new encryption config files that contain typos after the kube-apiserver is running are treated as invalid and the last valid config is used. ([#124912](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124912),...

* Fix kube-proxy PodSecurityPolicy binding on GCE & GKE. This was only an issue when running kube-proxy as a DaemonSet, with PodSecurityPolicy enabled. ([#72761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72761), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

  phase (Succeeded or Failed, depending on the exit statuses of the pod containers) to pods which
  are deleted while running.
  
  This fixes the issue for jobs using pod failure policy (with JobPodFailurePolicy and PodDisruptionConditions 
  feature gates enabled) that their pods could get stuck in the pending phase when deleted.
  

* Fix kube-proxy PodSecurityPolicy binding on GCE & GKE. This was only an issue when running kube-proxy as a DaemonSet, with PodSecurityPolicy enabled. ([#72761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72761), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))