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 on both normal APIs and...

* **[stable]** Volume plugin for ScaleIO enabling pods to seamlessly access and use data stored on Dell EMC ScaleIO volumes.

- Added a `kubernetes_feature_enabled` metric which will tell you if a feature is enabled. ([#112652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112652), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))