- `GetPodQOS(pod *core.Pod)` function now returns the stored value from `PodStatus.QOSClass`, if set. To compute/evaluate the value of `QOSClass` from scratch, `ComputePodQOS(pod*core.Pod)` must be used. ([#119665](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119665), [@vinaykul](https://github.com/vinaykul))

### Instrumentation

* Bump cluster-proportional-autoscaler to 1.3.0 ([#69338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69338), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))
    * Rebase docker image on scratch.
* fix inconsistency in windows kernel proxy when updating HNS policy. ([#68923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68923), [@delulu](https://github.com/delulu))

        * [FastAPI + Zeit.co = 🚀](https://paulsec.github.io/posts/fastapi_plus_zeit_serverless_fu/) by [Paul Sec](https://twitter.com/PaulWebSec).
        * [Build a web API from scratch with FastAPI - the workshop](https://dev.to/tiangolo/build-a-web-api-from-scratch-with-fastapi-the-workshop-2ehe) by [Sebastián Ramírez (tiangolo)](https://twitter.com/tiangolo).

  * The `ephemeral-storage` resource includes all the disk space a container might consume with container overlay or scratch.

* [alpha] Mount namespace propagation

  * The `VolumeMount.Propagation` field for `VolumeMount` in pod containers is now available.

oncepts/storage/ephemeral-volumes/#generic-ephemeral-volumes) feature allows any existing storage driver that supports dynamic provisioning to be used as an ephemeral volume with the volume’s lifecycle bound to the Pod. It can be used to provide scratch storage that is different from the root disk, for example persistent memory, or a separate local disk on that node. All StorageClass parameters for volume provisioning are supported. All features supported with PersistentVolumeClaims are supported,...

There is also a new way to run bleeding edge Windows features from scratch by compiling the windows kubelet and kube-proxy, then using them along with daily builds of other Kubernetes components.

### Deploy a more secure control plane with kubeadm

- Conformance image now depends on stretch-slim instead of debian-hyperkube-base as that image is being deprecated and removed. ([#88702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88702), [@dims](https://github.com/dims)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle, Release and Testing]

  * Roll up volume error messages in the kubelet sync loop. ([#44938](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44938), [@jayunit100](https://github.com/jayunit100))

  * 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

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