- Cloud provider config CloudProviderBackoffMode has been removed since it won't be used anymore. ([#88463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88463), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* kubeadm - feature-gates HighAvailability, SelfHosting, CertsInSecrets are now deprecated and can't be used anymore for new clusters. Update of cluster using above feature-gates flag is not supported ([#67786](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67786), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

* Deployments are updated to use (1) a more stable hashing algorithm (fnv) than the previous one (adler) and (2) a hashing collision avoidance mechanism that will ensure new rollouts will not block on hashing collisions anymore. ([#44774](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44774), [@kargakis](https://github.com/kargakis))

- Fix handling of aws-load-balancer-security-groups annotation. Security-Groups assigned with this annotation are no longer modified by kubernetes which is the expected behaviour of most users. Also no unnecessary Security-Groups are created anymore if this annotation is used. ([#88689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88689), [@Elias481](https://github.com/Elias481)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Fixes volume predicate handler for equiv class ([#59335](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59335), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

* Bugfix: vSphere Cloud Provider (VCP) does not need any special service account anymore. ([#59440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59440), [@rohitjogvmw](https://github.com/rohitjogvmw))

The following PRs changed the API spec:
  * In the new v1alpha2 kubeadm Configuration API, the `.CloudProvider` and `.PrivilegedPods` fields don't exist anymore. Instead, you should use the out-of-tree cloud provider implementations, which are beta in v1.11.

* Bugfix: vSphere Cloud Provider (VCP) does not need any special service account anymore. ([#59440](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59440), [@rohitjogvmw](https://github.com/rohitjogvmw))

- `Service` of type `ExternalName` do not create an `Endpoint` anymore. ([#114814](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114814), [@panslava](https://github.com/panslava))

#### Deployments
* [beta] Deployments uses a hashing collision avoidance mechanism that ensures new rollouts will not block on hashing collisions anymore. ([kubernetes/features#287](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/287))

#### PodDisruptionBudget

- `e2e.test` now rejects unknown `--provider` values instead of merely warning about them. An empty provider name is not accepted anymore and was replaced by `skeleton` (a provider with no special behavior). ([#73402](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73402), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))