* Adding lock files for kubeconfig updating ([#28034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28034), [@krousey](https://github.com/krousey))
* federation service controller: fixing the logic to update DNS records ([#27999](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27999), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))

* For Deployment, ReplicaSet, and DaemonSet, selectors are now immutable when updating via the new `apps/v1beta2` API. For backward compatibility, selectors can still be changed when updating via `apps/v1beta1` or `extensions/v1beta1`. ([#50719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50719), [@crimsonfaith91](https://github.com/crimsonfaith91))

- Fix: ignore not a VMSS error for VMAS nodes in EnsureBackendPoolDeleted. (#105402, @ialidzhikov) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore the case when updating Azure tags (#104686, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Revert PR #102925 which introduced unexpected scheduling behavior based on balanced resource allocation (#105238, @damemi) [SIG Scheduling]

* Re-enable nodeipam controller for external clouds.  ([#63049](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63049), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))
* kubelet: fix hangs in updating Node status after network interruptions/changes between the kubelet and API server ([#63492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63492), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubeadm: improved retries when updating node information, in case `kube-apiserver` is temporarily unavailable ([#114176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114176), [@QuantumEnergyE](https://github.com/QuantumEnergyE))

* Fix AWS NLB security group updates where valid security group ports were incorrectly removed ([#68422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68422), [@kellycampbell](https://github.com/kellycampbell))
    * when updating a service or when node changes occur.
* Allow for watching objects larger than 1MB given etcd accepts objects of size up to 1.5MB ([#72053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72053), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

* Fix AWS NLB security group updates where valid security group ports were incorrectly removed ([#68422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68422), [@kellycampbell](https://github.com/kellycampbell))
    * when updating a service or when node changes occur.

* For Deployment, ReplicaSet, and DaemonSet, selectors are now immutable when updating via the new `apps/v1beta2` API. For backward compatibility, selectors can still be changed when updating via `apps/v1beta1` or `extensions/v1beta1`. ([#50719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50719), [@crimsonfaith91](https://github.com/crimsonfaith91))

* Fix AWS NLB security group updates where valid security group ports were incorrectly removed ([#68422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68422), [@kellycampbell](https://github.com/kellycampbell))
    * when updating a service or when node changes occur.
* Fix scheduling starvation of pods in cluster with large number of unschedulable pods. ([#72619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72619), [@everpeace](https://github.com/everpeace))

- The `matchLabelKeys/mismatchLabelKeys` feature is introduced to the hard/soft `PodAffinity/PodAntiAffinity`. ([#116065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116065), [@sanposhiho](https://github.com/sanposhiho))
- When updating a CRD, per-expression cost limit check are now skipped for `x-kubernetes-validations` rules of versions that are not mutated. ([#121460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121460), [@jiahuif](https://github.com/jiahuif))