* `crds` has been added as a shortname for CustomResourceDefinition, as in `kubectl get crds` ([#59061](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59061), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

* The garbage collector now supports CustomResourceDefinitions and APIServices. ([#65918](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65918), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* Fix a bug that preempting a pod may block forever. ([#65987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65987), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Etcd: update to v3.5.9 ([#118079](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118079), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:

- More fields are allowed at the root of the CRD validation schema when the status subresource is enabled. ([#65357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65357), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

### Other notable changes

* fix formatAndMount func issue on Windows ([#63248](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63248), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Resolves regression generating informers for packages whose names contain `.` characters ([#82410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82410), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
- Resolves issue with `/readyz` and `/livez` not including etcd and kms health checks ([#82713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82713), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

* Prevent `resourceVersion` updates for custom resources on no-op writes. ([#67562](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67562), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* fix cluster-info dump error ([#66652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66652), [@charrywanganthony](https://github.com/charrywanganthony))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Etcd: update to v3.5.9 ([#118078](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118078), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]
- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)

* Fix data race during addition of new CRD ([#50098](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50098), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))
* Fix bug in scheduler that caused initially unschedulable pods to stuck in Pending state forever. ([#50028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50028), [@julia-stripe](https://github.com/julia-stripe))

- Fix a regression that the scheduler always goes through all Filter plugins. ([#114526](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114526), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]