* kubeadm now has a join timeout that can be controlled via the `discoveryTimeout` config option. This option is set to 5 minutes by default. ([#60983](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60983), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))

*   You can now add "options" to the host's /etc/resolv.conf (or --resolv-conf), and they will be copied into pod's resolv.conf when dnsPolicy is Default. Being able to customize options is important because it is common to leverage options to fine-tune the behavior of DNS client. ([#54773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54773),[ @phsiao](https://github.com/phsiao))...

- Added new option to the InterPodAffinity scheduler plugin to ignore existing pods` preferred inter-pod affinities if the incoming pod has no preferred inter-pod affinities. This option can be used as an optimization for higher scheduling throughput (at the cost of an occasional pod being scheduled non-optimally/violating existing pods' preferred inter-pod affinities). To enable this scheduler option, set the InterPodAffinity scheduler plugin arg "ignor...

([#55479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55479), [@ijc](https://github.com/ijc))

- kubeadm now supports the `--image-repository` flag for customizing what registry to pull images from ([#71135](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71135), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

- The --docker-disable-shared-pid kubelet flag has been removed. PID namespace sharing can instead be enable per-pod using the ShareProcessNamespace option. ([#66506](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66506), [@verb](https://github.com/verb))
- Added the --dns-loop-detect option to dnsmasq, which is run by kube-dns. ([#67302](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67302), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

- The `--quiet` option to `kubectl run` now suppresses resource deletion messages emitted when the `--rm` option is specified. ([#73266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73266), [@awh](https://github.com/awh))

- Kubectl/drain: add disable-eviction option.Force drain to use delete, even if eviction is supported. This will bypass checking PodDisruptionBudgets, and should be used with caution. ([#85571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85571), [@michaelgugino](https://github.com/michaelgugino)) [SIG CLI]

## Changelog since v1.15.0-beta.1

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: The deprecated flag --conntrack-max has been removed from kube-proxy. Users of this flag should switch to --conntrack-min and --conntrack-max-per-core instead. ([#78399](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78399), [@rikatz](https://github.com/rikatz))

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