- `kubectl` will not print events if `--show-events=false` argument is passed to
  describe PVC subcommand. ([#120380](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120380), [@MaGaroo](https://github.com/MaGaroo))
- `scheduler`: Fixed missing field `apiVersion` from events reported by the taint

* kube-scheduler now fallbacks to emitting events using core/v1 Events when events.k8s.io/v1beta1 is disabled. ([#83692](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83692), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

- When `SchedulerQueueingHint` is enabled,
  the scheduler's in-tree plugins now subscribe to specific node events to decide whether to requeue Pods.
  This allows the scheduler to handle cluster events faster with less memory.

  Specific node events include updates to taints, tolerations or allocatable.

- Fixed a bug where `events/v1` `Events` with similar event type and reporting instance were not aggregated by `client-go`. ([#112365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112365), [@dgrisonnet](https://github.com/dgrisonnet))

    * fixed bugs and improved performance in Stackdriver Sink
* fluentd-gcp addon: Fix a bug in the event-exporter, when repeated events were not sent to Stackdriver. ([#50511](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50511), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))

*   Add events.k8s.io api group with v1beta1 API containing redesigned event type. ([#49112](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49112),[ @gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))

* add support for client-side spam filtering of events ([#47367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47367), [@derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr))
* Provide a way to omit Event stages in audit policy ([#49280](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49280), [@CaoShuFeng](https://github.com/CaoShuFeng))

  - The `export` query parameter for list API calls, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.
  - The `series.state` field in the events.k8s.io/v1beta1 Event API is deprecated and will be removed in v1.18 ([#75987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75987), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

- kubeadm

- Updated the HPA controller so that it no longer emitted a `FailedRescale` event if a scale operation initially failed due to a conflict but succeeded after a retry; it now emitted a `SuccessfulRescale` event in this case. A `FailedRescale` event was still emitted if all retries were exhausted. ([#132007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132007), [@AumPatel1](https://github.com/AumPatel1)) [SIG Apps...

- Improved the efficiency of NodeAdded QueueingHint by registering UpdateNodeTaint event for plugins that have NodeAdded event but don't have UpdateNodeTaint event. This ensures better requeuing efficiency and prevents Pods from being stuck in the unschedulable pod pool.