- Made `kubectl-convert` binary linking static (also affects the deb and rpm packages). ([#114228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114228), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))
- Migrated controller helper functions to use contextual logging. ([#115049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115049), [@fatsheep9146](https://github.com/fatsheep9146))

request alternate representations of normal Kubernetes objects by passing an `Accept` header like `application/json;as=Table;g=meta.k8s.io;v=v1beta1` or `application/json;as=PartialObjectMetadata;g=meta.k8s.io;v1=v1beta1`.  Older servers will ignore this representation or return an error if it is not available.  Clients may request fallback to the normal object by adding a non-qualified mime-type to their `Accept` header like `application/json` - the server will then respond with either the alternate...

*   It is now possible to set multiple manifest URL headers with the kubelet's `--manifest-url-header` flag. Multiple headers for the same key will be added in the order provided. The ManifestURLHeader field in KubeletConfiguration object (kubeletconfig/v1alpha1) is now a map[string][]string, which facilitates writing JSON and YAML files. ([#5464...

- Adds the ability to pass --strict-transport-security-directives to the kube-apiserver to set the HSTS header appropriately.  Be sure you understand the consequences to browsers before setting this field. ([#96502](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96502), [@249043822](https://github.com/249043822)) [SIG Auth]

* Make gcp auth provider not to override the Auth header if it's already exits ([#45575](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45575), [@wanghaoran1988](https://github.com/wanghaoran1988))
* Allow pods to opt out of PodPreset mutation via an annotation on the pod. ([#44965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44965), [@jpeeler](https://github.com/jpeeler))

- Kube-proxy service health returns http header `X-Load-Balancing-Endpoint-Weight` with number of local endpoints. The same information is still available in response body JSON `payload.LocalEndpoints`. ([#118999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118999), [@cezarygerard](https://g...

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Client-go header logging (at verbosity levels >= 9) now masks `Authorization` header contents ([#95316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95316), [@sfowl](https://github.com/sfowl)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Client-go header logging (at verbosity levels >= 9) now masks `Authorization` header contents ([#95316](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95316), [@sfowl](https://github.com/sfowl)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

- `apiserver_dropped_requests` -> `apiserver_dropped_requests_total`
- `etcd_helper_cache_hit_count` -> `etcd_helper_cache_hit_total`
- `etcd_helper_cache_miss_count` -> `etcd_helper_cache_miss_total`
- `etcd_helper_cache_entry_count` -> `etcd_helper_cache_entry_total`
- `etcd_request_cache_get_latencies_summary` -> `etcd_request_cache_get_latency_seconds`

* Flush conntrack state for removed/changed UDP Services ([#22573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/22573), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))
* Allow setting the Host header in a httpGet probe ([#24292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24292), [@errm](https://github.com/errm))