* [event-exporter addon] Bump event-exporter to 0.2.3 to pick up security fixes.
* PVC may not be synced to controller local cache in time if PV is bound by external PV binder (e.g. kube-scheduler), double check if PVC is not found to prevent reclaiming PV wrongly. ([#67062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67062), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Use network.Interface.VirtualMachine.ID to get the binded VM
  Skip standalone VM when reconciling LoadBalancer ([#97635](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97635), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* PVC may not be synced to controller local cache in time if PV is bound by external PV binder (e.g. kube-scheduler), double check if PVC is not found to prevent reclaiming PV wrongly. ([#67062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67062), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- New flag `--show-hidden-metrics-for-version` in kube-proxy, kubelet, kube-controller-manager, and kube-scheduler can be used to show all hidden metrics that are deprecated in the previous minor release. ([#85279](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85279), [@RainbowMango](https://github.com/RainbowMango)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle...

- New flag `--show-hidden-metrics-for-version` in kube-apiserver can be used to show all hidden metrics that deprecated in the previous minor release. ([#84292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84292), [@RainbowMango](https://github.com/RainbowMango))

- A PersistentVolumeClaim may not have been synced to the controller local cache in time if the PersistentVolumeis bound by an external PV binder (such as kube-scheduler), so Kubernetes will now double check if PVC is not found in order to prevent the volume from being incorrectly reclaimed. ([#67062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67062), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))...

- Registered_metric_total, disabled_metric_total, hidden_metric_total & kubernetes_feature_enabled are promoted to `BETA` stability. ([#119264](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119264), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Cluster Lifecycle and Instrumentation]...

* Fix kubelet reset liveness probe failure count across pod restart boundaries ([#46371](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46371), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))
* The gce metadata server can be hidden behind a proxy, hiding the kubelet's token. ([#45565](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45565), [@Q-Lee](https://github.com/Q-Lee))

* PVC may not be synced to controller local cache in time if PV is bound by external PV binder (e.g. kube-scheduler), double check if PVC is not found to prevent reclaiming PV wrongly. ([#67062](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67062), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

- Use network.Interface.VirtualMachine.ID to get the binded VM
  Skip standalone VM when reconciling LoadBalancer ([#97639](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97639), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Dependencies

### Added