- API servers using the default Google Compute Engine bootstrapping scripts will have their insecure port (`:8080`) disabled by default. To enable the insecure port, set `ENABLE_APISERVER_INSECURE_PORT=true` in kube-env or as an environment variable. ([#77447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77447), [@dekkagaijin](https://github.com/dekkagaijin))

/**
 * Manages LDAP connections and operations.
 */
public class LdapManager {
    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(LdapManager.class);

    /** A thread-local variable to hold the directory context. */
    protected ThreadLocal<DirContextHolder> contextLocal = new ThreadLocal<>();

    /** A flag to indicate if the LDAP connection is bound. */
    protected volatile boolean isBind = false;

- KCM specific args can be passed with `/cluster` script, without affecting CCM. New variable name: `KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_ARGS`. ([#120524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120524), [@jprzychodzen](https://github.com/jprzychodzen)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

crawler.crawling.data.encoding=UTF-8
# Supported web protocols for crawling.
crawler.web.protocols=http,https
# Supported file protocols for crawling.
crawler.file.protocols=file,smb,smb1,ftp,storage
# Pattern for environment variable keys in crawling data.
crawler.data.env.param.key.pattern=^FESS_ENV_.*
# Whether to ignore robots.txt during crawling.
crawler.ignore.robots.txt=false
# Whether to ignore robots meta tags during crawling.

### External credential provider for client-go

The client-go credential plugins can now be passed in the current cluster information via the `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable. Learn more about this on [client-go credential plugins documentation](https://docs.k8s.io/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins/).

### CronJob controller v2 is available through feature gate

   ([#123341](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123341), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
- kubectl `port-forward` over websockets (tunneling SPDY) can now be enabled using an `Alpha` feature flag environment variable: KUBECTL_PORT_FORWARD_WEBSOCKETS=true. The API Server being communicated to must *also* have an `Alpha` feature flag enabled: PortForwardWebsockets.

- Alpha implementation of Kubectl Command Headers: SIG CLI KEP 859 enabled when KUBECTL_COMMAND_HEADERS environment variable set on the client command line. ([#98952](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98952), [@seans3](https://github.com/seans3))
- Base-images: Update to debian-iptables:buster-v1.4.0
  - Uses iptables 1.8.5

- Adds `OpenAPIV3SchemaInterface` to `DiscoveryClient` and its variants for fetching OpenAPI v3 schema documents. ([#108992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108992), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski))

- The certificate signer no longer accepts ca.key passwords via the `CFSSL_CA_PK_PASSWORD` environment variable. This capability was not prompted by user request, never advertised, and recommended against in the security audit. ([#84677](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84677), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- New `KUBECACHEDIR` environment variable was introduced to override default discovery cache directory which is `$HOME/.kube/cache`. ([#109479](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109479), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))