- Kubelet: make the image pull time more accurate in event ([#114271](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114271), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Node]

* Return apiserver panics as 500 errors instead terminating the apiserver process. ([#68001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68001), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))
* fix issue that pull image failed from a cross-subscription Azure Container Registry by SP access ([#66429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66429), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- kubeadm: now pulls images when joining a new control plane instance ([#72870](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72870), [@MalloZup](https://github.com/MalloZup))
- Exited kube-proxy when configuration file changes ([#59176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59176), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

- Fix memory leak in kube-apiserver when underlying time goes forth and back. ([#96266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96266), [@chenyw1990](https://github.com/chenyw1990)) [SIG API Machinery]

- Fix azure file migration issue ([#97877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97877), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Auth, Cloud Provider and Storage]

- NONE ([#129598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129598), [@aravindhp](https://github.com/aravindhp)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]

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* Correct env var name in configure-helper ([#33848](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33848), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))
* wait until the pods are deleted completely ([#34778](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34778), [@ymqytw](https://github.com/ymqytw))

* Admit critical pods in the kubelet ([#38836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38836), [@bprashanth](https://github.com/bprashanth))
* assign -998 as the oom_score_adj for critical pods (e.g. kube-proxy) ([#39114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39114), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))

- Fixes a regression in the kubelet restarting static pods. ([#108303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108303), [@rphillips](https://github.com/rphillips)) [SIG Node and Testing]