- Added appProtocol field to EndpointSlice Port ([#83815](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83815), [@howardjohn](https://github.com/howardjohn))
- The docker container runtime now enforces a 220 second timeout on container network operations. ([#71653](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71653), [@liucimin](https://github.com/liucimin))

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for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to be redirected to the API Server through its private network.

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy` subresource, specifically if a kubelet advertises a localhost or link-local address to the Kubernetes control plane. Configuring...

### Extensibility around core Kubernetes APIs

#### CustomResourceDefinitions Pruning

* fixes configuration error when upgrading kubeadm from 1.9 to 1.10+ ([#62568](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62568), [@liztio](https://github.com/liztio))
    * enforces  kubeadm  upgrading kubernetes from the same major and minor versions as the kubeadm binary.

* Make the informer library available for the go client library. ([#32718](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32718), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))
* Enforce Disk based pod eviction with GCI base image in Kubelet ([#33520](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33520), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

  * Alpha feature: allows users to set storage limit to isolate EmptyDir volumes. It enforces the limit by evicting pods that exceed their storage limits ([#45686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45686), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

* Bug fixes

for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to be redirected to the API Server through its private network.

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy` subresource, specifically if a kubelet advertises a localhost or link-local address to the Kubernetes control plane. Configuring...

* Alpha feature: allows users to set storage limit to isolate EmptyDir volumes. It enforces the limit by evicting pods that exceed their storage limits   ([#45686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45686), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

workload types.  Examples include native linux containers, and “sandboxed” containers that isolate the container from the host kernel.

The CustomCFSQuotaPeriod alpha feature enables node administrators to change the default period used to enforce CFS quota on a node.  This can improve performance for some workloads that experience latency while using CFS quota with the default measurement period.  Finally, the SIG continues to focus on improving reliability by fixing bugs while working out...