- util/initsystem: Added support for the OpenRC init system ([#73101](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73101), [@oz123](https://github.com/oz123))
- Default TTL for DNS records in kubernetes zone has been changed from 5s to 30s to keep consistent with old dnsmasq based kube-dns. The TTL can be customized with command `kubectl edit -n kube-system configmap/coredns`. ([#76238](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76238), [@Dieken](https://github.com/Dieken))

- Azure VMSS/VMSSVM clients now suppress requests on throttling ([#86740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86740), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Azure cloud provider cache TTL is configurable, list of the azure cloud provider is as following:
  - "availabilitySetNodesCacheTTLInSeconds"
  - "vmssCacheTTLInSeconds"
  - "vmssVirtualMachinesCacheTTLInSeconds"
  - "vmCacheTTLInSeconds"

  * `.NodeName` and `.CRISocket` in the `MasterConfiguration` and `NodeConfiguration` v1alpha1 API objects are now...

  or `Secrets` when the `configMapAndSecretChangeDetectionStrategy` is set to `Cache`.
  The update interval is only affected by `node.alpha.kubernetes.io/ttl` node annotation." ([#120255](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120255), [@likakuli](https://github.com/likakuli))

- Migrated the “TTL after finished” controller (within `kube-controller-manager`)to use [contextual logging](https://k8s.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-logs/#contextual-logging). ([#113916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113916), [@songx...

- KubeletPluginsWatcher feature graduated to beta. ([#68200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68200), [@RenaudWasTaken](https://github.com/RenaudWasTaken)) Courtesy of SIG Node, SIG Storage, and SIG Testing
- A TTL mechanism has been added to clean up Jobs after they finish. ([#66840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66840), [@janetkuo](https://github.com/janetkuo)) Courtesy of SIG API Machinery, SIG Apps, SIG Architecture, and SIG Testing

* kubeadm init: fix a bug that prevented the --token-ttl flag and tokenTTL configuration value from working as expected for infinite (0) values. ([#54640](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54640), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))

- Increase default value of discovery cache TTL for kubectl to 6 hours. ([#107141](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107141), [@mk46](https://github.com/mk46))

* Add a runtime warning about the kubeadm default token TTL changes. ([#48838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48838), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))

### Feature

- A new histogram metric to track the time it took to delete a job by the ttl-after-finished controller ([#98676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98676), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Apps and Instrumentation]