`wait.NewExponentialBackoffManager` and `wait.NewJitteringBackoffManager` functions have been marked as deprecated.  Callers should switch to using the `Backoff{...}.DelayWithReset(clock, resetInterval)` method and must set the `Steps` field when using `Factor`. As a short term change, callers may use the `Timer()` method on the `BackoffManager` until the backoff managers are deprecated and removed. Please see the godoc of the deprecated functions for examples of how to replace usage of this function. ...

- Pod status updates faster when reacting on probe results. The first readiness probe will be called faster when startup probes succeeded, which will make Pod status as ready faster. ([#98376](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98376), [@matthyx](https://github.com/matthyx))

    * authenticates the kubelet to the API server.
* change AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod to AddEventHandler in factory.go ([#51582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51582), [@jiulongzaitian](https://github.com/jiulongzaitian))

* Enable golint for `pkg/scheduler` and fix the golint errors in it. ([#58437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58437), [@tossmilestone](https://github.com/tossmilestone))
* AWS: Make attach/detach operations faster. from 10-12s to 2-6s ([#56974](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56974), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

    * Please convert your `v1alpha2` configuration files to `v1alpha3` using the
    * `kubeadm config migrate` command of kubeadm v1.12.x

### Other notable changes

* Refactor factory_test.go to use a fake k8s client. ([#69412](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69412), [@tossmilestone](https://github.com/tossmilestone))

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- The `NetworkPolicyLegacy` test suite (deprecated in `v1.21`) has now officially been removed in favor of the new table driven e2e tests. ([#118915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118915), [@astoycos](https://github.com/astoycos))

- Decrease the amount of time it takes to modify kubeconfig files with large amounts of contexts ([#67093](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67093), [@juanvallejo](https://github.com/juanvallejo))
- Make EBS volume expansion faster ([#66728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66728), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

 - The `batch/v2alpha1.CronJob` is deprecated in favor of `batch/v1beta1`.

 - The `batch/v2alpha1.ScheduledJob` was removed. Use `batch/v1beta1.CronJob` instead.

### Auth

 - The RBAC v1alpha1 API group is deprecated in favor of RBAC v1.

- Filter plugin for cloud provider storage predicate ([#84148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84148), [@gongguan](https://github.com/gongguan))
- Refactor scheduler's framework permit API. ([#83756](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83756), [@hex108](https://github.com/hex108))