* Fix a race condition in which kubeadm only waits for the kubelets kubeconfig file when it has performed the TLS bootstrap, but wasn't waiting for certificates to be present in the filesystem ([#72030](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72030), [@ereslibre](https://github.com/ereslibre))

    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-2)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-2)
  - [Changelog since v1.20.12](#changelog-since-v12012)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-2)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-2)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-2)
    - [Added](#added-2)
    - [Changed](#changed-2)
    - [Removed](#removed-2)
- [v1.20.12](#v12012)

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-13)
  - [Changelog since v1.22.3](#changelog-since-v1223)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-12)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-12)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-13)
    - [Added](#added-13)
    - [Changed](#changed-13)
    - [Removed](#removed-13)
- [v1.22.3](#v1223)

  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-15)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-4)
    - [Feature](#feature-14)
    - [Documentation](#documentation)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-15)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-4)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-16)
    - [Added](#added-16)
    - [Changed](#changed-16)

    - [Container Images](#container-images-10)
  - [Changelog since v1.23.6](#changelog-since-v1236)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-10)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-5)
    - [Failing Test](#failing-test)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-10)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-10)
    - [Added](#added-10)
    - [Changed](#changed-10)
    - [Removed](#removed-10)
- [v1.23.6](#v1236)

- Kubeadm: better surface errors during `kubeadm upgrade` when waiting for the kubelet to restart static pods on control plane nodes ([#108315](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108315), [@Monokaix](https://github.com/Monokaix))

- Fixed a regression in kubeadm manifests for kube-scheduler and kube-controller-manager which caused continuous restarts because of failing health checks ([#93208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93208), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* Fix initial exec terminal dimensions. ([#51126](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51126), [@chen-anders](https://github.com/chen-anders))
* vSphere: Fix attach volume failing on the first try. ([#51218](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51218), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))



# v1.6.9

- Fixed spurious error messages about failing to clean up iptables rules when using iptables 1.8. ([#77303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77303), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

* fix incorrect error info when creating an azure file PVC failed ([#56550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56550), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* remove time waiting after create storage account (save 25s) ([#56679](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56679), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))