* fix: retry detach azure disk issue ([#78700](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78700), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
    * try to only update vm if detach a non-existing disk when got <200, error> after detach disk operation
* kubeadm: fix a regression related to taints not being applied from JoinConfiguration ([#79107](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79107), [@joerocklin](https://github.com/joerocklin))

* AWS: Maintain a cache of all instances, to fix problem with > 200 nodes with ELBs ([#47410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47410), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

* fix: retry detach azure disk issue ([#78700](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78700), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
    * try to only update vm if detach a non-existing disk when got <200, error> after detach disk operation

### Other notable changes

* Retry Pod/RC updates in kubectl rolling-update ([#27509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27509), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))
* GCE provider: Create TargetPool with 200 instances, then update with rest ([#27865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27865), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))

* AWS/GCE: Spread PetSet volume creation across zones, create GCE volumes in non-master zones ([#27553](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27553), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* GCE provider: Create TargetPool with 200 instances, then update with rest ([#27829](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27829), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))

  * Clean up blackhole routes when using kubenet ([#47572](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47572), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

  * Maintain a cache of all instances, to fix problem with > 200 nodes with ELBs ([#47410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47410), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

* fix: retry detach azure disk issue ([#78700](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78700), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
    * try to only update vm if detach a non-existing disk when got <200, error> after detach disk operation
* This adds some useful metrics around pending changes and last successful ([#78602](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78602), [@paulgmiller](https://github.com/paulgmiller))

* fix: retry detach azure disk issue ([#78700](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78700), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
    * try to only update vm if detach a non-existing disk when got <200, error> after detach disk operation
* Fix issue with kubelet waiting on invalid devicepath on AWS ([#78595](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78595), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* Never prevent deletion of resources as part of namespace lifecycle ([#48733](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48733), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* AWS cloudprovider plugin: Fix for large clusters (200+ nodes). Also fix bug with volumes not getting detached from a node after reboot. ([#48312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48312), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))