* Update gcr.io/google-containers/rescheduler to v0.2.2, which uses busybox as a base image instead of ubuntu. ([#41911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41911), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))
* restored normalization of custom `--etcd-prefix` when `--storage-backend` is set to etcd3 ([#42506](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42506), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))



# v1.5.5

- Alpha support for field selectors on custom resources has been added. With the `CustomResourceFieldSelectors` feature gate enabled, the CustomResourceDefinition API now allows specifying `selectableFields`. Listing a field there enables filtering custom resources for that CustomResourceDefinition in list or watch requests. ([#122717](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122717), [@jp...

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- Kubernetes components no longer handle panics, and instead actively crash.  All Kubernetes components should be run by something that actively restarts them. This is true of the default setups, but those with custom environments may need to double-check (#28800, @lavalamp)
- kubelet now defaults to `--cloud-provider=auto-detect`, use `--cloud-provider=''` to preserve previous default of no cloud provider (#28258, @vishh)