- The sample-apiserver aggregated conformance test has updated to use the Kubernetes v1.17.0 sample apiserver ([#84735](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84735), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, CLI and Testing]

* The `meta.k8s.io/v1alpha1` objects for retrieving tabular responses from the server (`Table`) or fetching just the `ObjectMeta` for an object (as `PartialObjectMetadata`) are now beta as part of `meta.k8s.io/v1beta1` and configurations must be changed to use the new API.  Clients may 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`....

*   An example CRD controller has been added, at [github.com/kubernetes/sample-controller](https://github.com/kubernetes/sample-controller). ([#52753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52753),[ @munnerz](https://github.com/munnerz))

- The apiserver debug endpoint `/debug/api_priority_and_fairness/dump_requests` has been extended to dump executing requests as well as queued ones.  A column for StartTime has been added to the returned table, with the queued requests having a StartTime of "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z".  The executing requests have a RequestIndexInQueue of -1, and the QueueIndex is also -1 for priority levels without queues. ([#119009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119009),...

#### Azure

- Kubelet can now run without identity on Azure. A sample cloud provider configuration is:  `{"vmType": "vmss", "useInstanceMetadata": true, "subscriptionId": "<subscriptionId>"}` ([#77906](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77906), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- A new `pod_status_sync_duration_seconds` histogram is reported at alpha metrics stability...

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* [alpha] The Kubernetes API supports retrieving tabular output for API resources via a new mime-type application/json;as=Table;v=v1alpha1;g=meta.k8s.io. The returned object (if the server supports it) will be of type meta.k8s.io/v1alpha1 with Table, and contain column and row information related to the resource. Each row will contain information about the resource - by default it will be the object metadata, but callers can add the...

- The scheduler's assumed pods have 2min...

This release also contains a number of bug fixes to the feature set. Aspiring plugin authors can look at [sample-exec-plugin](https://github.com/ankeesler/sample-exec-plugin) as a way to get started.

- Migrated the “sample-controller” controller to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#113879](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113879), [@pchan](https://github.com/pchan)) [SIG API...