- kubeadm: introduce deterministic ordering for the certificates generation in the phase command `kubeadm init phase certs`. ([#78556](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78556), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Fixed a kubelet issue that could result in invalid pod status updates to be sent to the api-server where pods would be reported in a terminal phase but also report a ready condition of true in some cases. ([#110481](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110481), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage)) [SIG Node and Testing]

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118057), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm:  'kubeadm alpha kubelet config download' has been removed, please use 'kubeadm upgrade node phase kubelet-config' instead ([#87944](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87944), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- NodeVolumeLimits implement the `PreFilter` extension point for skipping the Filter phase if the Pod doesn't use volumes with limits. ([#115398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115398), [@tangwz](https://github.com/tangwz)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fixed a kubelet issue that could result in invalid pod status updates to be sent to the api-server where pods would be reported in a terminal phase but also report a ready condition of true in some cases. ([#110480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110480), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage)) [SIG Node and Testing]

* [alpha] A new `phase` subcommand supports performing only subtasks of the full `kubeadm init` flow. Combined with fine-grained configuration, kubeadm is now more easily consumable by higher-level provisioning tools like kops or GKE. ([#356](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/356), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

 - Kubeadm: Move the "kubeadm init" phase "kubelet-start" later in the init workflow, after the "kubeconfig" phase. This makes kubeadm start the kubelet only after the KubeletConfiguration component config file (/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml) is generated and solves a problem where init systems like OpenRC cannot crashloop the...

* kubeadm: add mandatory "--config" flag to "kubeadm alpha phase preflight" ([#68446](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68446), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
* Apply user configurations for local etcd ([#68334](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68334), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118192](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118192), [@dlipovetsky](https://github.com/dlipovetsky)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]