* Update Cluster Autoscaler to 1.15.0; changelog: https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases/tag/cluster-autoscaler-1.15.0 ([#78866](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78866), [@losipiuk](https://github.com/losipiuk))
* Revert the CoreDNS version to 1.3.1 ([#78691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78691), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

- Revert building binaries with PIE mode. ([#105352](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105352), [@ehashman](https://github.com/ehashman))
- Reverts adding namespace label to admission metrics (and histogram exansion) due to cardinality issues. ([#104033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104033), [@s-urbaniak](https://github.com/s-urbaniak))

  of obtaining data through LIST/WATCH semantics. ([#110772](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110772), [@p0lyn0mial](https://github.com/p0lyn0mial)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Use table-driven test for `TestPerPodSchedulingMetrics`. ([#118842](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118842), [@helayoty](https://github.com/helayoty))
- When retrieving event resources, the `reportingController` and `reportingInstance` fields in the event will contain values. ([#116506](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116506), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG API Machinery and Instrumentation]

    * [prometheus-to-sd addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to 0.3.1 to pick up security fixes, bug fixes and new features.
    * [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.

    * [prometheus-to-sd addon] Bump prometheus-to-sd to 0.3.1 to pick up security fixes, bug fixes and new features.
    * [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.

- Revert addition of Add `PersistentVolumeClaimDeletePoilcy` to `StatefulSet`API. ([#103747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103747), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary))

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## Changelog since v1.6.7

### Other notable changes

* Revert deprecation of vCenter port in vSphere Cloud Provider. ([#49689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49689), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- When retrieving event resources, the reportingController and reportingInstance fields in the event will contain values. ([#120066](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120066), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Instrumentation]

## Dependencies

### Added

- kube-scheduler

  - Migrate scheduler to use v1beta1 Event API. any tool targeting scheduler events needs to use v1beta1 Event API ([#78447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78447), [@yastij](https://github.com/yastij))

- kubeadm