- Added a `--topology-manager-policy-options` flag to the kubelet to support fine tuning the topology manager policies. The first policy option, `prefer-closest-numa-nodes`, allows these policies to favor sets of NUMA nodes with shorter distance between nodes when making admission decisions. ([#112914](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112914), [@PiotrProkop](https://github.com/PiotrProkop))

- Add a configuration field to shorten the timeout of validating/mutating admission webhook call. The timeout value must be between 1 and 30 seconds. Default to 30 seconds when unspecified.  ([#74562](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74562), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))...

## Changelog since v1.13.1

### Other notable changes

* client-go: shortens refresh period for token files to 1 minute to ensure auto-rotated projected service account tokens are read frequently enough. ([#72437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72437), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

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- Windows CSI Support: Enabling containerized CSI node plugins in Windows via new [CSIProxy](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy)
- Recursive Volume Ownership OnRootMismatch Option: Add a new “OnRootMismatch” policy that can help shorten the mount time for volumes that require ownership change and have many directories and files.

### Other notable announcements

* Fix scheduling starvation of pods in cluster with large number of unschedulable pods. ([#72619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72619), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace))
* client-go: shortens refresh period for token files to 1 minute to ensure auto-rotated projected service account tokens are read frequently enough. ([#72437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72437), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### OpenStack

In this cycle, SIG OpenStack focused on configuration simplification through smarter defaults and the use of auto-detection wherever feasible (Block Storage API versions, Security Groups) as well as updating API support, including:

*   Block Storage (Cinder) V3 is now supported.

  balancer notices that it has been killed. ([#97238](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97238), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

 
## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Changed `kubectl version` default output to be identical to what `kubectl version --short` printed,
  and removed `--short` flag entirely. ([#116720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116720), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

### Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)