* Pods that are marked for deletion and have exceeded their grace period, but are not yet deleted, no longer count toward the resource quota.([#46542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46542))


#### Dynamic Admission Control

- `KMSv1` is deprecated and will only receive security updates going forward. Use `KMSv2` instead. In a future release, Set `--feature-gates=KMSv1=true` to use the deprecated KMSv1 feature. ([#119007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119007), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

kube-dns addon optional so that users can deploy their own DNS solution. ([#57113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57113), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* `kubectl port-forward` now supports specifying a service to port forward to, as in `kubectl port-forward svc/myservice 8443:443`. Additional support has also been added for looking up targetPort for a service, as well as enabling using svc/name to select a pod. ([#59809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59809),...

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- `kubeadm`: now respects user provided `kubeconfig` during discovery process ([#113998](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113998), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))
- `kubectl port-forward` now exits with exit code 1 when remote connection is
  lost ([#114460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114460), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

- kubeadm now automatically sets the `--pod-infra-container-image` flag when starting the kubelet.

### SIG IBM Cloud

- Promoted to conformance a test that verified that `Services` only forward traffic on the port and protocol specified. ([#120069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120069), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

    - kubeadm: implemented CRI detection for Windows worker nodes ([#78053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78053), [@ksubrmnn](https://github.com/ksubrmnn))

   ([#123341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123341), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
- kubectl `port-forward` over websockets (tunneling SPDY) can now be enabled using an `Alpha` feature flag environment variable: KUBECTL_PORT_FORWARD_WEBSOCKETS=true. The API Server being communicated to must *also* have an `Alpha` feature flag enabled: PortForwardWebsockets.

## Dependencies

### Added