- Kubeadm: `kubeadm upgrade node` now supports `addon` and `post-upgrade` phases. User can use `kubeadm upgrade node phase addon` to execute the addon upgrade, or use `kubeadm upgrade node --skip-phases addon` to skip the addon upgrade. Currently, the `post-upgrade` phase is no-op, and it is mainly used to handle some release specific post-upgrade tasks. ([#127242](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127242), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))...

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// pr : http://www.nic.pr/index.asp?f=1
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- Kubeadm: fix a bug where post upgrade to 1.18.x, nodes cannot join the cluster due to missing RBAC ([#89537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89537), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- OpenAPI spec and API reference now reflect dryRun query parameter for POST/PUT/PATCH operations ([#69359](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69359), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

- Pods will now post their readiness during termination. ([#110418](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110418), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network, Node and Testing]

- Fix incorrectly report scope for request_duration_seconds and request_slo_duration_seconds metrics for POST custom resources API calls. ([#110009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110009), [@azylinski](https://github.com/azylinski)) [SIG Instrumentation]

*   The canonical pronunciation of kubectl is "cube control".
*   Added --raw to kubectl create to POST using the normal transport. ([#54245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54245),[ @deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* GCE: A role and clusterrole will now be provided with GCE/GKE for allowing the cloud-provider to post warning events on all services and watching configmaps in the kube-system namespace. No user action is required. ([#59686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59686), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

### Dockershim deprecation

Docker as an underlying runtime is being deprecated. Docker-produced images will continue to work in your cluster with all runtimes, as they always have.
The Kubernetes community [has written a blog post about this in detail](https://blog.k8s.io/2020/12/02/dont-panic-kubernetes-and-docker/) with [a dedicated FAQ page for it](https://blog.k8s.io/2020/12/02/dockershim-faq/).

### External credential provider for client-go

- Implement the scheduling framework with `Reserve`, `Prebind`, `Permit`, `Post-bind`, `Queue sort` and `Unreserve` extension points.
([#77567](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77567), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))