conntrack entries, sockets. This is achieved by reducing the `TIME-WAIT` state
  of the connection to 1 second, instead of the defaults 60 seconds. This allows
  kubelet to free the socket, and free conntrack entry and ephemeral port associated. ([#115143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115143), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

* iSCSI volume plugin: iSCSI initiatorname support ([#48789](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48789), [@mtanino](https://github.com/mtanino))
* On AttachDetachController node status update, do not retry when node doesn't exist but keep the node entry in cache. ([#50806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50806), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))

- github.com/armon/go-metrics: [f0300d1](https://github.com/armon/go-metrics/tree/f0300d1)
- github.com/armon/go-radix: [7fddfc3](https://github.com/armon/go-radix/tree/7fddfc3)
- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4: [v4.1.3](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4/tree/v4.1.3)

  - `alpha` support (guarded by the `ServiceAccountTokenPodNodeInfo` feature gate) for including the node name (and uid, if the node exists) as additional claims in service account...