* Change eviction logic in NodeController and make it Zone-aware ([#28897](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28897), [@gmarek](https://github.com/gmarek))
    * Change eviction policies in NodeController:
      *  add a "partialDisruption" mode, when more than 33% of Nodes in the zone are not Ready
      *  add "fullDisruption" mode, when all Nodes in the zone are not Ready

	decomBuckets := make([]decomBucketInfo, len(buckets))
	for i := range buckets {
		decomBuckets[i] = decomBucketInfo{
			Name: buckets[i].Name,
		}
	}

	// Buckets data are dispersed in multiple zones/sets, make
	// sure to decommission the necessary metadata.
	decomMetaBuckets := []decomBucketInfo{
		{
			Name:   minioMetaBucket,
			Prefix: minioConfigPrefix,
		},
		{
			Name:   minioMetaBucket,

### VMware

- SAML token delegation (required for Zones support in vSphere) is now supported ([#78876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78876), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))
- vSphere SAML token auth is now supported when using Zones ([#75515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75515), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))

### Windows

- Updates docs and guidance on cloud provider InstancesV2 and Zones interface for external cloud providers:
  - removes experimental warning for InstancesV2
  - document that implementation of InstancesV2 will disable calls to Zones

- The new `-gce-zones` flag on the `e2e.test` binary instructs tests that check for information about how the cluster interacts with the cloud to limit their queries to the provided zone list. If not specified, the current behavior of asking the cloud provider for all available zones in multi zone clusters is preserved. ([#98787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98787), [@smarterclayton](htt...

	    * cloudprovider_gce_api_request_duration_seconds{request, region, zone}

	    * cloudprovider_gce_api_request_errors{request, region, zone}

	    * request is the specific function that is used.

	    * region is the target region (Will be "<n/a>" if not applicable)

	    * zone is the target zone (Will be "<n/a>" if not applicable)

    * pv_collector_unbound_pvc_count
* Deprecate the beta labels for zones ("failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone") and  ([#81431](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81431), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))
    * regions ("failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region") in favor of their GA equivalents:
    * "topology.kubernetes.io/zone" and "topology.kubernetes.io/region".

    *   In GCE multizonal clusters, `PersistentVolume` objects will no longer be dynamically provisioned in zones without nodes. ([#52322](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52322),[ @davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

### StatefulSet

* Fix zone placement heuristics so that multiple mounts in a StatefulSet pod are created in the same zone ([#40910](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40910), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

when credentials for vCenter stored in a secret and Zones feature is in use. Zone labels setup moved to KCM component, kubelet skips this step during startup in such case. If credentials stored in cloud-provider config file as plaintext current behaviour does not change and no action required. For proper functioning `kube-system:vsphere-legacy-cloud-provider` should be allowed to update node object if vCenter credentials stored in secret and Zone feature used. ([#101028](https://github.com/kubern...