* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.11.0-rc.1

### Other notable changes

* Prevents a `kubectl delete` hang when deleting controller managed lists ([#65367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65367), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

* fix get azure accounts timeout issue when there is no out-bound IP ([#74191](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74191), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fixes a bug in kubeadm that caused init and join to hang indefinitely in specific conditions. ([#85156](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85156), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))
- Kubeadm now includes CoreDNS version 1.6.5

* Fix SessionAffinity not updated issue for Azure load balancer ([#64180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64180), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Fixes a hang on kubelet startup when using systemd cgroup driver of libcontainer. ([#61926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61926), [@filbranden](https://github.com/filbranden))

* Configurable liveness probe initial delays for etcd and kube-apiserver in GCE ([#57749](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57749), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))
* Fixed garbage collection hang ([#57503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57503), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* Fixes a bug in kubeadm that caused init and join to hang indefinitely in specific conditions. ([#85156](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85156), [@chuckha](https://github.com/chuckha))

- KCM sets the upper-bound timeout limit for outgoing requests to 70s. Previously no timeout was set. Requests without explicit timeout might potentially hang forever and lead to starvation of the application. ([#99358](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99358), [@p0lyn0mial](https://github.com/p0lyn0mial)) [SIG API Machinery]

* Fixes a regression proxying responses from aggregated API servers which could cause watch requests to hang until the first event was received ([#75887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75887), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Fixed a regression error when proxying responses from aggregated API servers, which could cause watch requests to hang until the first event was received. ([#75887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75887), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))