- Kubelet: make the image pull time more accurate in event ([#114271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114271), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Node]
- Optimizing loadbalancer creation with the help of attribute Internal Traffic Policy: Local ([#114467](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114467), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]

  linking directly to the master branch. This ensures that links reference a
  specific point in time, rather than a document that may change over time.
  
  See here for guidance on getting permanent links to files: https://help.github.com/en/articles/getting-permanent-links-to-files
  
  Please use the following format for linking documentation:
  - [KEP]: <link>
  - [Usage]: <link>
  - [Other doc]: <link>

  - go_gc_cycles_total_gc_cycles_total
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_by_size_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_bytes_total
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_objects_total
  - go_gc_heap_frees_by_size_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_frees_bytes_total
  - go_gc_heap_frees_objects_total
  - go_gc_heap_goal_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_objects_objects
  - go_gc_heap_tiny_allocs_objects_total
  - go_gc_pauses_seconds

- Kubeadm: a new command `kubeadm alpha certs check-expiration` was created in order to help users in managing expiration for local PKI certificates ([#77863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77863), [@fabriziopandini](https://github.com/fabriziopandini))

### Misc

* Trusty: Avoid reaching GCE custom metadata size limit ([#22818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/22818), [@andyzheng0831](https://github.com/andyzheng0831))
* Update kubectl help for 1.2 resources ([#23305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23305), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))

- Fixed parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk  ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

### CLI

- Fixed `--help` flag parsing  ([#74682](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74682), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

* Trusty: Avoid reaching GCE custom metadata size limit ([#22818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/22818), [@andyzheng0831](https://github.com/andyzheng0831))
* Update kubectl help for 1.2 resources ([#23305](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23305), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo))

    * When using an in-cluster client with an empty configuration, the `--namespace` flag is now honored ([#46299](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46299), [@ncdc](https://github.com/ncdc))

    * The help message for missingResourceError is now generic ([#45582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45582), [@CaoShuFeng](https://github.com/CaoShuFeng))