- `kubectl create clusterrolebinding` creates rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 object ([#85889](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85889), [@oke-py](https://github.com/oke-py)) [SIG CLI]
- `kubectl diff` now returns 1 only on diff finding changes, and >1 on kubectl errors. The "exit status code 1" message has also been muted. ([#87437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87437), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

## Dependencies

  - Clone `kubernetes/kubernetes` in `update-vendor.sh` shallowly, instead of fetching all revisions
  - Speed up binpacking by reducing the number of PreFilter calls (call once per pod instead of #pods*#nodes times)
  - Speed up finding unneeded nodes by 5x+ in very large clusters by reducing the number of PreFilter calls
  - Expose `--max-nodes-total` as a metric
  - Errors in `IncreaseSize` changed from type `apiError` to `cloudProviderError`

* Fixes bug finding master replicas in GCE when running multiple Kubernetes clusters. ([#58561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58561), [@jesseshieh](https://github.com/jesseshieh))

  - Clone `kubernetes/kubernetes` in `update-vendor.sh` shallowly, instead of fetching all revisions
  - Speed up binpacking by reducing the number of PreFilter calls (call once per pod instead of #pods*#nodes times)
  - Speed up finding unneeded nodes by 5x+ in very large clusters by reducing the number of PreFilter calls
  - Expose `--max-nodes-total` as a metric
  - Errors in `IncreaseSize` changed from type `apiError` to `cloudProviderError`

* federation service controller: fixing the logic to update DNS records ([#27999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27999), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))
* federation: Updating KubeDNS to try finding a local service first for federation query ([#27708](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27708), [@nikhiljindal](https://github.com/nikhiljindal))