* Demoted controlplane passthrough flags apiserver-extra-args, controller-manager-extra-args, scheduler-extra-args to alpha flags ([#59882](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59882), [@kris-nova](https://github.com/kris-nova))

#### **Juju**

*   Added support for SAN entries in the master node certificate. ([#54234](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54234),[ @hyperbolic2346](https://github.com/hyperbolic2346))
*   Add extra-args configs for scheduler and controller-manager to kubernetes-master charm ([#55185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55185),[ @Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))

  // of whether the variable exists or not. Cannot be updated.
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell
  // +optional
  repeated string args = 4;

  // Container's working directory.
  // If not specified, the container runtime's default will be used, which
  // might be configured in the container image.
  // Cannot be updated.
  // +optional

- Take the context as the first argument of Schedule. ([#82119](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82119), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))
- Fixed an issue that the correct PluginConfig.Args is not passed to the corresponding PluginFactory in kube-scheduler when multiple PluginConfig items are defined. ([#82483](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82483), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace))

- E2e framework: retrying after intermittent `apiserver` failures was fixed in `WaitForPodsResponding` ([#120559](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120559), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

- Add a helper function to decode scheduler plugin args. ([#80696](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80696), [@hex108](https://github.com/hex108))
- Fix filter plugins are not been called during preemption ([#81876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81876), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in scheduler. ([#105915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105915), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in the scheduler. ([#105712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105712), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Support more than 100 disk mounts on Windows (#105673, @andyzhangx) [SIG Storage and Windows]
- The --leader-elect* CLI args are now honored correctly in scheduler. (#106130, @Huang-Wei) [SIG Scheduling]
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives
  the correct number of rules, rather than being off by one.
  

  *  Use StorageClassName for etcd pvc ([#46323](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46323), [@marun](https://github.com/marun))

* Bug fixes:

	* Allow disabling federation controllers through override args ([#44209](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44209), [@irfanurrehman](https://github.com/irfanurrehman))

- Kubectl now handles newlines for `command`, `args`, `env`, and `annotations` in `kubectl describe` wrapping. ([#66841](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66841), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))