* Support new NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION 'custom' on GCE ([#61235](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61235), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* Fix mounting of UNIX sockets(and other special files) in subpaths ([#61480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61480), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* Fix mounting of UNIX sockets(and other special files) in subpaths ([#61480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61480), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- Fix cgroup handling for systemd with cgroup v2 ([#98365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98365), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG Node]
- Fix counting error in service/nodeport/loadbalancer quota check ([#97451](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97451), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG API Machinery, Network and Testing]

    * - Don't generate empty record for externalName service.
    * - Add validation for upstreamNameserver port.
    * - Update go version to 1.9.3.
* Fix mounting of UNIX sockets(and other special files) in subpaths ([#61480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61480), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

- Fix Azure file share not deleted issue when the namespace is deleted ([#97417](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97417), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fix counting error in service/nodeport/loadbalancer quota check ([#97829](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97829), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG API Machinery and Network]

- The kube-proxy `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total` metric has now reverted back
  to its pre-1.27 behavior of tracking the total number of iptables rules that
  kube-proxy is responsible for, rather than only counting the number of rules
  that it re-synced on the last sync. The new `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_last`

PodReady++ feature now has `kubectl` CLI support.

Progress was made towards finalizing the IPv6 dual stack support KEP and support for topological routing of services.

### SIG Node

- Fix Azure file share not deleted issue when the namespace is deleted ([#97417](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97417), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fix counting error in service/nodeport/loadbalancer quota check ([#97828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97828), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG API Machinery and Network]

- Kubeadm: deprecate self-hosting support. The experimental command "kubeadm alpha self-hosting" is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ([#95125](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95125), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Fixed `JobTrackingWithFinalizers` that:
  - was declaring a job finished before counting all the created pods in the status
  - was leaving pods with finalizers, blocking pod and job deletions