* kubelet `--cert-dir` now defaults to `/var/lib/kubelet/pki`, in order to ensure bootstrapped and rotated certificates persist beyond a reboot. resolves an issue in kubeadm with false-positive `/var/lib/kubelet is not empty` message during pre-flight checks ([#53317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53317), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

`client-certificate: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem` and `client-key: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem`, replacing the embedded client certificate and key. ([#84118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84118), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

* Fix an issue where filesystems are not unmounted when a backend is not reachable and returns EIO. ([#67097](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67097), [@chakri-nelluri](https://github.com/chakri-nelluri))
* Use the mounted "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token" as the token file for running in-cluster based e2e testing. ([#69273](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69273), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Fixed kubelet startup getting stuck with `NewVolumeManagerReconstruction` feature enabled and a CSI volume present in /var/lib/kubelet/pods. ([#117804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117804), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Node and Storage]

* kubelet `--cert-dir` now defaults to `/var/lib/kubelet/pki`, in order to ensure bootstrapped and rotated certificates persist beyond a reboot. resolves an issue in kubeadm with false-positive `/var/lib/kubelet is not empty` message during pre-flight checks ([#53317](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53317), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- The BoundServiceAccountTokenVolume feature has been promoted to beta, and enabled by default.
  - This changes the tokens provided to containers at `/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token` to be time-limited, auto-refreshed, and invalidated when the containing pod is deleted.

- Fixed kubelet startup getting stuck with `NewVolumeManagerReconstruction` feature enabled and a CSI volume present in /var/lib/kubelet/pods. ([#117804](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117804), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane)) [SIG Node and Storage]

- There is now support for collecting pod logs under `/var/log/pods/NAMESPACE_NAME_UID` to stackdriver with `k8s_pod` resource type. ([#74502](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74502), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

* "kubeadm init" now writes a structured and versioned kubelet ComponentConfiguration file to `/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml` and an environment file with runtime flags that you can source in the systemd kubelet dropin to `/var/lib/kubelet/kubeadm-flags.env`. ([#63887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63887), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

* fix kubelet fail to delete orphaned pod directory when the kubelet's pods directory (default is "/var/lib/kubelet/pods") symbolically links to another disk device's directory ([#79094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79094), [@gaorong](https://github.com/gaorong))