- CSINode initialization does not crash kubelet on startup when APIServer is not reachable or kubelet has not the right credentials yet. ([#89589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89589), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Storage]

For initial installations, see the [Setup topics](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/pick-right-solution/) in the Kubernetes documentation.

- Kube-proxy log now shows the "Skipping topology aware endpoint filtering since no hints were provided for zone" warning under the right conditions ([#101857](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101857), [@dervoeti](https://github.com/dervoeti)) [SIG Network]

- Fixed a 1.28 regression around restarting init containers in the right order relative to normal containers ([#120440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120440), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node and Testing]

For more information about the release and for the latest documentation,
see the [Kubernetes documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/).

[Setup topics]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/pick-right-solution/
[SIGs]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-list.md


## Major Themes

Kubernetes is developed by community members whose work is organized into

 - CSINode initialization does not crash kubelet on startup when APIServer is not reachable or kubelet has not the right credentials yet. ([#89589](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89589), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Storage]

```

The support for `seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/pod` and `container.seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/...` annotations are now deprecated, and will be removed in Kubernetes v1.22.0. Right now, an automatic version skew handling will convert the new field into the annotations and vice versa. This means there is no action required for converting existing workloads in a cluster.

- `--log-flush-frequency` had no effect in several commands or was missing. Help and warning texts were not always using the right format for a command (`add_dir_header` instead of `add-dir-header`). Fixing this included cleaning up flag handling in component-base/logs: that package no longer adds flags to the global flag sets. Commands which want the klog and `--log-flush-frequency`...

- The `kube-proxy` log now shows the "Skipping topology aware endpoint filtering since no hints were provided for zone" warning under the right conditions. ([#101857](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101857), [@dervoeti](https://github.com/dervoeti))

* Rescheduler uses taints in v1beta1 and will remove old ones (in version v1alpha1) right after its start. ([#43106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43106), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))

### Volumes