[k8s.gcr.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.21.14](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager-amd64), [arm](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager-arm), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager-arm64),...

[registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.27.11](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager-amd64), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-controller-manager-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-artifacts-prod/us/kube-con...

* Fix bug allowing garbage collector to enter a broken state that could only be fixed by restarting the controller-manager. ([#61201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61201), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))
* CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER environment variable will be used to populate notification banner in Kubernetes Dashboard add-on. ([#60639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60639), [@konryd](https://github.com/konryd))

- kube-controller-manager currently needs a writable `--cert-dir` (default is `/var/run/kubernetes`) for generating self-signed certificates, when no `--tls-cert-file` or `--tls-private-key-file` are provided.
- The `system:kube-controller-manager` ClusterRole lacks permission to `get` the `configmap` extension-apiserver-authentication. kube-controller-manager errors if run with a service account bound to the clusterrole.

    * kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_free
    * kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_used
    * plugin_manager_total_plugins
    * volume_manager_total_volumes

## What’s New (Major Themes)

### Kubernetes Topology Manager Moves to Beta - Align Up!

* Fixed bug allowing garbage collector to enter a broken state that could only be fixed by restarting the controller-manager. ([#61201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61201), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

[registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.28.9](https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/k8s-artifacts-prod/southamerica-east1/images/kube-controller-manager) | [amd64](https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/k8s-artifacts-prod/southamerica-east1/images/kube-controller-manager-amd64), [arm64](https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/k8s-artifacts-prod/southamerica-east1/images/kube-controller-manager-arm64), [ppc64le](https://console.cloud.google.co...

* RBAC: the `system:node` role is no longer automatically granted to the `system:nodes` group in new clusters. It is recommended that nodes be authorized using...

  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // Range is string that identifies the range represented by 'data'.
  optional string range = 2;

  // Data is a bit array containing all allocated addresses in the previous segment.
  optional bytes data = 3;
}