successful bearer token authentication results for a few seconds. ([#50258](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50258), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

* The OpenID Connect authenticator can now use a custom prefix, or omit the default prefix, for username and groups claims through the --oidc-username-prefix and --oidc-groups-prefix flags. For example, the authenticator can map a user with the username "jane" to "google:jane" by supplying the "google:" username prefix....

* add support for client-side spam filtering of events ([#47367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47367), [@derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr))
* Provide a way to omit Event stages in audit policy ([#49280](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49280), [@CaoShuFeng](https://github.com/CaoShuFeng))

- Kubectl: Add `--use-protocol-buffers` flag to kubectl top pods and nodes. ([#96655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96655), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))

* `kubeadm init` can now omit the tainting of the master node if configured to do so in `kubeadm.yaml` using `noTaintMaster: true`. For example, uses can create a file with the content:

```

- Omit nil or empty field when calculating container hash value to avoid hash changed. For a new field with a non-nil default value in the container spec, the hash would still get changed. ([#57741](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57741), [...

## Changelog since v1.12.0-beta.1

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