* The `kube-cloud-controller-manager` flag `--use-service-account-credentials` is now honored consistently, regardless of whether `--service-account-private-key-file` was specified.

*   The "ServiceNodeExclusion" feature gate must now be enabled for the `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer` annotation on nodes to be honored. ([#54644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54644),[ @brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.

- Added `.spec.completionMode` field to Job, with accepted values `NonIndexed` (default) and `Indexed`. This is an alpha field and is only honored by servers with the `IndexedJob` feature gate enabled. ([#98441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98441), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Apps and CLI]

    assertThat(get2.headers["Proxy-Authorization"]).isEqualTo("password")
  }

  /**
   * OkHttp has a bug where a `Connection: close` response header is not honored when establishing a
   * TLS tunnel. https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/2426
   */
  @Test
  fun proxyAuthenticateOnConnectWithConnectionClose() {
    server.useHttps(handshakeCertificates.sslSocketFactory())

* Bump GCI to gci-beta-56-9000-80-0 ([#41027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41027), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))
* Fix for detach volume when node is not present/ powered off ([#40118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40118), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in scheduler. ([#105915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105915), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))
- The `--leader-elect*` CLI args are now honored in the scheduler. ([#105712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105712), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Fixed a bug where dry-run is not honored for pod/eviction sub-resource. ([#76969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76969), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

- Support more than 100 disk mounts on Windows (#105673, @andyzhangx) [SIG Storage and Windows]
- The --leader-elect* CLI args are now honored correctly in scheduler. (#106130, @Huang-Wei) [SIG Scheduling]
- The kube-proxy sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total metric now gives
  the correct number of rules, rather than being off by one.
  

- The `RemoteRequestHeaderUID` feature moves to beta and is now enabled by default. This makes the kube-apiserver propagate UIDs in the `X-Remote-Uid` header in requests to the aggregated API servers. The header is not honored by default for incoming requests, but that can be enabled by setting the `--requestheader-uid-headers` flag explicitly. ([#130560](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130560), [@stlaz](https://github.com/stlaz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth...

* Fix for detach volume when node is not present/ powered off ([#40118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40118), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))