* corrects a race condition in bootstrapping aggregated cluster roles in new HA clusters ([#63761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63761), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* corrects a race condition in bootstrapping aggregated cluster roles in new HA clusters ([#63761](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63761), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fix GCE etcd scripts to pass in all required parameters for the etcd migration utility to correctly perform HA upgrades and downgrades ([#61957](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61957), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))

  - Renew certs as part of upgrade.
  - New `kubeadm alpha phase certs renew` command for renewing certificates.
  - Certificates created with kubeadm now have improved uniqueness of Distinguished Name fields.
- HA improvements:
  - `kubeadm join --experimental-control-plane` can now be used to join control plane instances to an existing cluster.

* Added Establishing Controller on CRDs to avoid race between Established condition and CRs actually served. In HA setups, the Established condition is delayed by 5 seconds. ([#63068](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63068), [@xmudrii](https://github.com/xmudrii))

- Ensure empty string annotations are copied over in rollbacks. ([#94858](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94858), [@waynepeking348](https://github.com/waynepeking348))
- Ensure only one LoadBalancer rule is created when HA mode is enabled ([#99825](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99825), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* kubeadm: fix a possible panic when joining a new control plane node in HA scenarios ([#72123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72123), [@anitgandhi](https://github.com/anitgandhi))

- Improved Federation Support
  - New command: `kubefed`
  - DaemonSets
  - Deployments
  - ConfigMaps
- Simplified Cluster Deployment
  - Improvements to `kubeadm`
  - HA Setup for Master
- Node Robustness and Extensibility
  - Windows Server Container support
  - CRI for pluggable container runtimes
  - `kubelet` API supports authentication and authorization

## Features

- Fix bug in the port allocation logic that caused that the NodePort creation with statically assigned portNumber collide in multi-master HA cluster ([#89937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89937), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Testing]

Kubeadm: Automate certificate copy between control planes in HA setups

- Joining control plane nodes to a HA cluster can now be simplified by enabling the optional automatic copy of certificates from an existing control plane node.