*   Federation-specific behavior will no longer be included in kubectl
    *   kubefed will no longer be released as part of Kubernetes
    *   The Federation servers will no longer be included in the hyperkube binary and image. ([#53816](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53816),[ @marun](https://github.com/marun))

### **Node**

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- Kube-proxy's IPVS proxy mode no longer sets the net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet sysctl parameter. Nodes upgrading will have net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet set to 1 but new nodes will inherit the system default (usually 0). If you relied on any behavior requiring net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet, you must set ensure it is enabled as kube-proxy will no longer set it automatically. This change helps to further mitigate CVE-2020-8558. ([#92938]...

* When using client or server certificate rotation, the Kubelet will no longer wait until the initial rotation succeeds or fails before starting static pods.  This makes running self-hosted masters with rotation more predictable. ([#58930](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58930), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- Fixes a bug where Services using finalizers may hold onto ClusterIP and/or NodePort allocated resources for longer than expected if the finalizer is removed using the status subresource ([#120655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120655), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Testing]

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* Self hosted is no longer supported in the standard workflow. The feature flags have been removed and your self hosted cluster is no longer able to upgrade via kubeadm. ([#69878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69878), [@Klaven](https://github.com/Klaven))

* MAC Address filter has been fixed in vSphere Cloud Provider, it no longer ignores `00:1c:14` and `00:05:69` prefixes ([#73721](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73721), [@frapposelli](https://github.com/frapposelli))

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

* The deprecated alpha and beta initContainer annotations are no longer supported. Init containers must be specified using the initContainers field in the pod spec. ([#51816](https://github.com/kube...

- `Kubectl set resources` will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. `kubectl set subject` will no longer return an error if passed an empty change for a resource. ([#85490](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85490), [@sallyom](https://github.com/sallyom)) [SIG CLI]