- [`KT-54047`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-54047) Partial linkage: reference to removed enum const causes JS fail with "IllegalStateException: Validation failed in file"

#### General Fixes and Reliability

* Fixed a regression in kube-scheduler to properly load client connection information from a `--config` file that references a kubeconfig file. ([#65507](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65507), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Failed to provision volume with StorageClass "azurefile-premium": failed to create share andy-mg1121-dynamic-pvc-1a7b2813-d1b7-11e8-9e96-000d3a03e16b in account f7228f99bcde411e8ba4900: failed to create file share, err: storage: service returned error: StatusCode=400, ErrorCode=InvalidHeaderValue, ErrorMessage=The value for one of the HTTP headers is not...

* change default azure file/dir mode to 0755 ([#56551](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56551), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fixed occasional pod cgroup freeze when using cgroup v1 and systemd driver.

* Fixes a case when Deployment with recreate strategy could get stuck on old failed Pod. ([#60301](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60301), [@tnozicka](https://github.com/tnozicka))

- Fixed a bug where pv recycler failed to scrub volume with too many files in the directory due to hitting ARG_MAX limit with rm command (#117189). ([#117283](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117283), [@defo89](https://github.com/defo89)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]

- Fixed Route controller to update routes when NodeIP changes ([#108095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108095), [@lzhecheng](https://github.com/lzhecheng))
- Fixed `DaemonSet` to update the status even if it fails to create a pod. ([#113787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113787), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42))

- Fixed an issue which didn't append OS's environment variables with the one provided in Credential Provider Config file, which may lead to failed execution of external credential provider binary. 
  See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/102750 ([#103231](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103231), [@n4j](https://github.com/n4j)) [SIG Auth and Node]

  * The `--audit-policy-file` option is required if the `AdvancedAuditing` feature is not explicitly turned off (`--feature-gates=AdvancedAuditing=false`) on the API server.
  * The audit log file defaults to JSON encoding when using the advanced auditing feature gate.
  * An audit policy file without either an `apiVersion` or a `kind` field may be treated as invalid.
  * The webhook and log file now output the `v1beta1` event format.