*  - `kubernetes` plugin adds metrics to measure kubernetes control plane latency.
    *  -  the `health` plugin now includes the `lameduck` option by default, which waits for a duration before shutting down.
* Kubeadm now includes CoreDNS version 1.6.5 ([#85108](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85108), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))
    *  - `kubernetes` plugin adds metrics to measure kubernetes control plane latency.

  or uncacheable. ([#117295](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117295), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

- kube-controller-manager currently needs a writable `--cert-dir` (default is `/var/run/kubernetes`) for generating self-signed certificates, when no `--tls-cert-file` or `--tls-private-key-file`...

* In GCE, add measures to prevent corruption of known_tokens.csv. ([#49897](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49897), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Added apiserver_envelope_encryption_invalid_key_id_from_status_total to measure number of times an invalid keyID is returned by the Status RPC call. ([#115846](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115846), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

*   Added pod-level local ephemeral storage metric to the Summary API. Pod-level ephemeral storage reports the total filesystem usage for the containers and emptyDir volumes in the measured Pod. ([#55447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55447),[ @jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

#### **Hardware Accelerators**

   ([#122571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122571), [@p0lyn0mial](https://github.com/p0lyn0mial))
- Added the `apiserver_watch_cache_read_wait` metric to measure the watch cache impact on request latency.
   ([#123190](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123190), [@padlar](https://github.com/padlar))

*_admission_latencies_milliseconds metrics because they were reporting seconds rather than milliseconds. They were also subject to multiple naming guideline violations (units should be in base units and "duration" is the best practice labelling to measure the time a request takes). Please convert to use *_admission_duration_seconds and *_admission_duration_seconds_summary, as these now report the unit as described, and follow the instrumentation best practices. ([#75279](https://github.com/kuberne...

* Azure: Allow VNet to be in a separate Resource Group. ([#49725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49725), [@sylr](https://github.com/sylr))
* In GCE, add measures to prevent corruption of known_tokens.csv. ([#49897](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49897), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Added `apiserver_envelope_encryption_dek_cache_filled` to measure number of records in data encryption key (DEK) cache. ([#119878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119878), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh))