* Action required: validation rule on metadata.initializers.pending[x].name is tightened. The initializer name needs to contain at least three segments separated by dots. If you create objects with pending initializers, (i.e., not relying on apiserver adding pending initializers according to initializerconfiguration), you need to update the initializer name in existing objects and in configuration files to comply to the new validation rule. ([#51283](https://github.com/...

- If Openstack LoadBalancer is not defined in cloud config, the loadbalancer will no longer beis not initialized. any more in openstack. All setups must have some setting under that section for the OpenStack provider. ([#65781](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65781), [@zetaab](https://github.com/zetaab))

- If you are running the cloud-controller-manager and you have the `pvlabel.kubernetes.io` alpha Initializer enabled, you must now enable PersistentVolume labeling using the `PersistentVolumeLabel` admission controller instead. You can do this by adding `PersistentVolumeLabel` in the `--enable-admission-plugins` kube-apiserver flag.  ([#73102](https:/...

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- Fixed incorrect watch events when a watch is initialized simultanously with a reinitializing watchcache. ([#116436](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116436), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- 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

preempts other pods on the node. ([#58990](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58990), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))* Fix the PersistentVolumeLabel controller from initializing the PV labels when it's not the next pending initializer. ([#56831](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56831), [@jhorwit2](https://github.com/jhorwit2))

* Rename StorageProtection to StorageObjectInUseProtection ([#59901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59901), [...

## 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))

- 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))...

- 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))...