- Update cri-tools dependency to `v1.21.0`. ([#100956](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100956), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))
- Update dep `google/gnostic` and `google/go-cmp` to v0.5.5 and updating transitive dependencies `protobuf`. ([#102783](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102783), [@mcbenjemaa](https://github.com/mcbenjemaa))

  The `flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1beta3` APIs are deprecated and will no longer be served in v1.32. All existing objects are available via the `v1` APIs. Transition clients and manifests to use the `v1` APIs before upgrading to `v1.32`. ([#121089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121089), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem))

#### Node controller
* Bug fixes:

  * Fix [transition between NotReady and Unreachable taints](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43444). ([#44042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44042), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))


#### Node Components

*   Pods will no longer briefly transition to a "Pending" state during the deletion process. ([#54593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54593),[ @dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

* Fix [transition between NotReady and Unreachable taints](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43444). ([#44042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44042), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))

* The Kubelet's deprecated `--allow-privileged` flag now defaults to true. This enables users to stop setting `--allow-privileged` in order to transition to `PodSecurityPolicy`. Previously, users had to continue setting `--allow-privileged`, because the default was false. ([#63442](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63442), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* Support vSphere SAML token auth when using Zones ([#75515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75515), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))
* Transition service account controller clients to TokenRequest API ([#72179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72179), [@WanLinghao](https://github.com/WanLinghao))

* Remove deprecated flags: --low-diskspace-threshold-mb and --outofdisk-transition-frequency, which are replaced by --eviction-hard ([#48846](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48846), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

objects created with non-empty `caBundle` fields which are invalid or do not contain any certificates will not appear in discovery or serve endpoints until a valid `caBundle` is provided. Updates to CustomResourceDefinition are no longer allowed to transition a valid `caBundle` field to an invalid `caBundle` field, because this breaks serving of the existing CustomResourceDefinition. ([#124061](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124061), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree)) [SIG API Machinery]...

- The `--cidr-allocator-type` option set to `CloudAllocator` for `kube-controller-manager` will be deprecated and removed in a future release. Users are advised to transition to and explore the available options provided by their external cloud provider. ([#123011](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123011), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))