* CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER environment variable will be used to populate notification banner in Kubernetes Dashboard add-on. ([#60639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60639), [@konryd](https://github.com/konryd))

- Migrated the bootstrap signer controller and the token cleaner controller (within `kube-controller-manager`) to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#113464](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113464),...

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- The certificate signer no longer accepts ca.key passwords via the `CFSSL_CA_PK_PASSWORD` environment variable. This capability was not prompted by user request, never advertised, and recommended against in the security audit. ([#84677](https://github.com/kubernetes/kub...

- consumers of the 'certificatesigningrequests/approval' API must now have permission to 'approve' CSRs for the specific signer requested by the CSR. More information on the new signerName field and the required authorization can be found at https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests#authorization ([#88246](https://github.com/kube...

- The `CertificateSigningRequest.certificates.k8s.io` API supports an optional expirationSeconds field to allow the client to request a particular duration for the issued certificate.  The default signer implementations provided by the Kubernetes controller manager will honor this field as long as it does not exceed the --cluster-signing-duration flag. ([#99494](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99494), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))...

CSI Volume Snapshot moves to GA in the 1.20 release. This feature provides a standard way to trigger volume snapshot operations in Kubernetes and allows Kubernetes users to incorporate snapshot operations in a portable manner on any Kubernetes environment regardless of supporting underlying storage providers.

- The kube-controller-manager managed signers can now have distinct signing certificates and keys.  See the help about `--cluster-signing-[signer-name]-{cert,key}-file`.  `--cluster-signing-{cert,key}-file` is still the default. ([#90822](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90822), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Auth]

* A new client `k8s.io/client-go/metadata.Client` has been added for accessing objects generically. This client makes it easier to retrieve only the metadata (the `metadata` sub-section) from resources on the cluster in an efficient manner for use cases that deal with objects generically, like the garbage collector, quota, or the namespace controller. The client asks the server to return a `meta.k8s.io/v1 PartialObjectMetadata` object for list, get, delete, watch, and patch operations...