## Changelog since v1.17.0-beta.2

### Other notable changes

* kubeadm: fix a panic in case the KubeProxyConfiguration feature gates were not initialized. ([#85524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85524), [@Arvinderpal](https://github.com/Arvinderpal))

  - The alpha `metadata.initializers` field, deprecated in 1.13, has been removed. ([#79504](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79504), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882))

## Changelog since v1.18.2

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression
 - An issue preventing GCP cloud-controller-manager running out-of-cluster to initialize new Nodes is now fixed. ([#90057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90057), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]

- For scheduler plugin developers: the scheduler framework's shared PodInformer is now initialized with empty indexers. This enables scheduler plugins to add their extra indexers. Note that only non-conflict indexers are allowed to be added. ([#110663](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110663), [@fromanirh](https://github.com/fromanirh))...

- Fixed a bug that init containers with `Always` restartPolicy may not terminate gracefully if the pod hasn't initialized yet. ([#125935](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125935), [@gjkim42](https://github.com/gjkim42)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- Fixed a bug where `kubectl describe` incorrectly displayed NetworkPolicy port ranges

- E2e: tests can now register callbacks with `ginkgo.BeforeEach`, `ginkgo.AfterEach` or `ginkgo.DeferCleanup` directly after creating a framework instance and are guaranteed that their code is called after the framework is initialized and before it gets cleaned up. `ginkgo.DeferCleanup` replaces `f.AddAfterEach` and `AddCleanupAction` which got removed to simplify the framework. ([#111998](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111998), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))...