- The Kubernetes API server now correctly detects and closes existing TLS connections when its client certificate file for kubelet authentication has been rotated. ([#115315](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115315), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Node and Testing]

SubjectAccessReview API in the `authorization.k8s.io` API group now allows providing the user uid. ([#49677](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49677), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* After a kubelet rotates its client cert, it now closes its connections to the API server to force a handshake using the new cert. Previously, the kubelet could keep its existing connection open, even if the cert used for that connection was expired and rejected by the API server. ([#49899](https://gi...

* fix azure disk storage account init issue ([#55927](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55927), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Allow code-generator tags in the 2nd closest comment block and directly above a statement. ([#55233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55233), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

* Created k8s.gcr.io image repo alias to pull images from the closest regional repo. Replaces gcr.io/google_containers. ([#57824](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57824), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

- Apiserver add a new flag --goaway-chance which is the fraction of requests that will be closed gracefully(GOAWAY) to prevent HTTP/2 clients from getting stuck on a single apiserver. 
  After the connection closed(received GOAWAY), the client's other in-flight requests won't be affected, and the client will reconnect. 

### Bug or Regression

- Avoid GCE API calls when initializing GCE CloudProvider for Kubelets.
  Avoid unnecessary GCE API calls when adding IP alises or reflecting them in Node object in GCE cloud provider. ([#96864](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96864), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider and Network]

- The unreachable taint gets applied to a node when it loses its network connection. ([#67734](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67734), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

* The GitRepo volume type is deprecated. To provision a container with a git repo, mount an `EmptyDir` into an `InitContainer` that clones the repo using git, then mount the `EmptyDir` into the Pod's container.
([#63445](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63445), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

### SIG UI

The migration to the newest version of Angular is still under active development as it is most important thing on the roadmap at the moment. We are getting closer to the new release. We continue fixing bugs and adding other improvements.

### SIG VMWare

- The Kubernetes API server now correctly detects and closes existing TLS connections when its client certificate file for kubelet authentication has been rotated. ([#115580](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115580), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery, Node and Testing]