* Metadata of CustomResources is now pruned and schema-checked during deserialization of requests and when read from etcd. In the former case, invalid meta data is rejected, in the later it is dropped from the CustomResource objects. ([#64267](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64267), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Scheduler alpha metrics binding_duration_seconds and scheduling_algorithm_preemption_evaluation_seconds are deprecated, Both of those metrics are now covered as part of framework_extension_point_duration_seconds, the former as a PostFilter the latter and a Bind plugin. The plan is to remove both in 1.21 ([#95001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95001), [@arghya88](https://github.com/arghya88)) [SIG Instrumentation and Scheduling]

- Added new kubelet alpha feature `SeccompDefault`. This feature enables falling back to
  the `RuntimeDefault` (former `runtime/default`) seccomp profile if nothing else is specified
  in the pod/container `SecurityContext` or the pod annotation level. To use the feature, enable

- Kubeadm now distinguishes between generated and user supplied component configs, regenerating the former ones if a config upgrade is required ([#86070](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86070), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]