* apply: fix detection of non-dry-run enabled servers ([#71854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71854), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))
* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))

* Some field names in the Kubelet's now v1beta1 config API differ from the v1alpha1 API: for example, PodManifestPath is renamed to StaticPodPath, ManifestURL is renamed to StaticPodURL, and ManifestURLHeader is renamed to StaticPodURLHeader. Users should focus on switching to the v1beta1 API. ([#60314](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60314), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

  It may affect some metrics values related to the `NodeAffinity` Filter plugin. ([#114125](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114125), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))
- Scheduler now skips `InterPodAffinity` Filter plugin when `InterPodAffinity` Filter plugin has nothing to do with a Pod.

- The `NodeConfiguration` kind in the kubeadm v1alpha2 API has been renamed `JoinConfiguration` in v1alpha3 ([#65951](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65951), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas)) Courtesy of SIG Cluster Lifecycle

  It will affect some metrics values related to the InterPodAffinity Score plugin. ([#117794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117794), [@utam0k](https://github.com/utam0k)) [SIG Scheduling]
- The scheduler skips the `PodTopologySpread` Filter plugin if no spread constraints.

- When scaling down a ReplicaSet, delete doubled up replicas first, where a "doubled up replica" is defined as one that is on the same node as an active replica belonging to a related ReplicaSet.  ReplicaSets are considered "related" if they have a common controller (typically a Deployment). ([#80004](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80004), [@Miciah](https://github.com/Miciah))

- Fixed an issue related to not draining all the pods in a namespace when an empty selector, i.e., "{}," is specified in a Pod Disruption Budget (PDB). ([#1...

* Scheduler only activates unschedulable pods if node's scheduling related properties change. ([#71551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71551), [@mlmhl](https://github.com/mlmhl))
* Disable proxy to loopback and linklocal ([#71980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71980), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))

- '`kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration`
  and `kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors` was renamed to `kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors`.'
   ([#113754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113754), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

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