* GCE: A role and clusterrole will now be provided with GCE/GKE for allowing the cloud-provider to post warning events on all services and watching configmaps in the kube-system namespace. No user action is required. ([#59686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59686), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

*   The canonical pronunciation of kubectl is "cube control".
*   Added --raw to kubectl create to POST using the normal transport. ([#54245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54245),[ @deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

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- Kubeadm: fix a bug where post upgrade to 1.18.x, nodes cannot join the cluster due to missing RBAC ([#89537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89537), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* OpenAPI spec and API reference now reflect dryRun query parameter for POST/PUT/PATCH operations ([#69359](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69359), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))



# v1.12.1

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## Downloads for v1.12.1

* Allow remote admission controllers to be dynamically added and removed by administrators.  External admission controllers make an HTTP POST containing details of the requested action which the service can approve or reject. ([#46388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46388), [@lavalamp](https://github.com/lavalamp))

- OpenAPI spec and API reference now reflect dryRun query parameter for POST/PUT/PATCH operations ([#69359](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69359), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw))

kubelet performing the TLS Bootstrap properly. Earlier, `kubeadm join` only did the discovery part and exited successfully without checking that the kubelet actually started properly and performed the TLS bootstrap correctly. Now, as kubeadm runs some post-join steps (for example, annotating the Node API object with the CRISocket), `kubeadm join` is now waiting for the kubelet to perform the TLS Bootstrap, and then uses that credential to perform further actions. This also improves the UX, as `kubeadm`...

* bootstrap: Start hostNetwork pods even if network plugin not ready ([#33347](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33347), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Factor out post-init swagger and OpenAPI routes ([#32590](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32590), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Fix incorrectly report scope for request_duration_seconds and request_slo_duration_seconds metrics for POST custom resources API calls. ([#110009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110009), [@azylinski](https://github.com/azylinski)) [SIG Instrumentation]