### **API Machinery**

*   The kube-apiserver `--etcd-quorum-read` flag is deprecated and the ability to switch off quorum read will be removed in a future release. ([#53795](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53795),[ @xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))

  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-3)
    - [Feature](#feature-11)

* Retry 'connection refused' errors when setting up clusters on GCE. ([#57394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57394), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

* YAMLDecoder Read now returns the number of bytes read ([#57000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57000), [@sel](https://github.com/sel))

  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-4)
    - [Feature](#feature-12)

* Fix a string comparison bug in IPVS graceful termination where UDP real servers are not deleted. ([#78999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78999), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

  - The deprecated `--etcd-quorum-read` flag has been removed. Quorum reads are now always enabled when fetching data from etcd. Remove the `--etcd-quorum-read` flag from kube-apiserver invocations before upgrading.
- kube-controller-manager

* Kubernetes will try to read the openstack auth config from the client config and fall back to read from the environment variables if the auth config is not available. ([#60200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60200), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

### SIG Scheduling

    - [Node binaries](#node-binaries-7)
  - [Changelog since v1.17.8](#changelog-since-v1178)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-8)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-7)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-8)
    - [Added](#added-8)

    - [Node binaries](#node-binaries-12)
  - [Changelog since v1.18.5](#changelog-since-v1185)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-12)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-14)

    - [Container Images](#container-images-9)
  - [Changelog since v1.27.0](#changelog-since-v1270)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-9)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-8)