- E2e tests wait for kube-root-ca.crt to be populated in namespaces for use with projected service account tokens, reducing delays starting those test pods and errors in the logs. ([#108860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108860), [@eddiezane](https://github.com/eddiezane)) [SIG Testing]

### Windows support improved

- [Performance dashboards](http://perf-dash.k8s.io/#/?jobname=soak-tests-capz-windows-2019) added support for Windows
- [Unit tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51540) added support for Windows
- [Conformance tests](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108592) added support for Windows

* fixed foreground deletion of podtemplates ([#60683](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60683), [@nilebox](https://github.com/nilebox))

* Conformance tests are added for the DaemonSet kinds in the apps/v1 group version. Deprecated versions of DaemonSet will not be tested for conformance, and conformance is only applicable to release 1.10 and later. ([#60456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60456), [@kow3ns](https://github.com/kow3ns))

- The `NetworkPolicyLegacy` test suite (deprecated in `v1.21`) has now officially been removed in favor of the new table driven e2e tests. ([#118915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118915), [@astoycos](https://github.com/astoycos))

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    *   Bug fixes in validation test suites.
*   [beta] [cri-containerd](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd): CRI implementation for containerd is now v1.0.0-beta.0, [[@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu)]
    *   This release supports Kubernetes 1.9+ and containerd v1.0.0+.
    *   Pass all Kubernetes 1.9 e2e test, node e2e test and CRI validation tests.