* Add EgressRule to NetworkPolicy ([#51351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51351), [@cmluciano](https://github.com/cmluciano))
* Allow DNS resolution of service name for COS using containerized mounter.  It fixed the issue with DNS resolution of NFS and Gluster services. ([#51645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51645), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

- Promoted `ServiceNodePortStaticSubrange` to stable and lock to default. ([#120233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120233), [@xuzhenglun](https://github.com/xuzhenglun))
- Promoted plugin subcommand resolution feature to `beta`. ([#120663](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120663), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

* Event object references with apiversion will now that value. ([#63913](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63913), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
* Fixes the `kubernetes.default.svc` loopback service resolution to use a loopback configuration. ([#62649](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62649), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### SIG Apps

* Add EgressRule to NetworkPolicy ([#51351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51351), [@cmluciano](https://github.com/cmluciano))
* Allow DNS resolution of service name for COS using containerized mounter.  It fixed the issue with DNS resolution of NFS and Gluster services. ([#51645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51645), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

gate `ReduceDefaultCrashLoopBackOffDecay`. If you are also using the feature gate `KubeletCrashLoopBackOffMax` with a configured per-node `CrashLoopBackOff.MaxContainerRestartPeriod`, the effective kubelet configuration will follow the conflict resolution policy described further in the documentation [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/#reduced-container-restart-delay). ([#130711](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130711), [@lauralorenz](https://gi...

- Set the resolution for the job_controller_job_sync_duration_seconds metric from 4ms to 1min ([#120667](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120667), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG Apps and Instrumentation]

## Dependencies

- `data_key_generation_latencies_microseconds` -> `data_key_generation_latencies_seconds`

## Notable Features

- Increased the histogram resolution of the API server client certificate  to accommodate short-lived (< 6h) client certificates. ([#74806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74806), [@mxinden](https://github.com/mxinden))

* Fixes the kubernetes.default.svc loopback service resolution to use a loopback configuration. ([#62649](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62649), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Revert deprecation of vCenter port in vSphere Cloud Provider. ([#49689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49689), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
* kubeadm: Add preflight check for localhost resolution. ([#48875](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48875), [@craigtracey](https://github.com/craigtracey))

  * Catch error when failed to make directory in NFS volume plugin ([#38801](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38801), [@nak3](https://github.com/nak3))



#### Networking

* DNS and name resolution

  * Updates kube-dns to 1.14.2 ([#45684](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45684), [@bowei](https://github.com/bowei))

    * Support kube-master-url flag without kubeconfig