* 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

  - [1.14 What’s New](#114-whats-new)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues-1)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Deprecations](#deprecations)
  - [Removed and deprecated metrics](#removed-and-deprecated-metrics)
    - [Removed metrics](#removed-metrics)

* Fix false positive "meaningful conflict" detection for strategic merge patch with integer values. ([#44788](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44788), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))
* Fix insufficient permissions to read/write volumes when mounting them with a subPath. ([#43775](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43775), [@wongma7](https://github.com/wongma7))

    - [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)

  - 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

It doesn't affect any of the vanilla Kubernetes behavior, but, may break custom PreEnqueue plugins.

The cause PR is [reverted](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117194) by v1.26.1.

## Urgent Upgrade Notes 

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- 'The `IPv6DualStack` feature gate for external cloud providers was removed.

    - [Container Images](#container-images-15)
  - [Changelog since v1.25.0](#changelog-since-v1250)
  - [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-15)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-8)
    - [Feature](#feature-15)

- [`KT-57857`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-57857) LC: FakeFileForLightClass: Read access is allowed from inside read-action
- [`KTIJ-25172`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-25172) Store flexible types in cls
- [`KT-57578`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-57578) SLC: incorrect upper bound wildcards

* client-go: shortens refresh period for token files to 1 minute to ensure auto-rotated projected service account tokens are read frequently enough. ([#72437](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72437), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  * Break the 'certificatesigningrequests' controller into a 'csrapprover' controller and 'csrsigner' controller. ([#45514](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45514), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))