- `kubectl exec` and `kubectl attach` now honor the `--quiet` flag which suppresses output from the local binary that could be confused by a script with the remote command output (all non-failure output is hidden). In addition, print inline with exec and attach the list of alternate containers when we default to the first spec.container. ([#99004](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99004), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton)) [SIG CLI]

spoke.

  `As wet as ever,' said Alice in a melancholy tone:  `it doesn't
seem to dry me at all.'

  `In that case,' said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, `I
move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more
energetic remedies--'

  `Speak English!' said the Eaglet.  `I don't know the meaning of
half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do

- Scheduler now retries updating a pod's status on `ServiceUnavailable` and `InternalError` errors, in addition to `net.ConnectionRefused` error. ([#111809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111809), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

* In addition to restricting GCE metadata requests to known APIs, the metadata-proxy now restricts query strings to known parameters. ([#71094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71094), [@dekkagaijin](https://github.com/dekkagaijin))

- Kubeadm: when adding new control plane nodes with "kubeamd join", ensure that the etcd member addition is performed only if a given member URL does not already exist in the list of members. Similarly, on "kubeadm reset" only remove an etcd member if its ID exists. ([#127620](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127620), [@SataQiu](https:...

* Addition of Overhead field to the PodSpec and RuntimeClass types as part of the Pod Overhead KEP ([#76968](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76968), [@egernst](https://github.com/egernst))