* Ensure object returned by volume getCloudProvider incorporates cloud config ([#23769](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23769), [@saad-ali](https://github.com/saad-ali))
* Add a timeout to the sshDialer to prevent indefinite hangs. ([#23843](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23843), [@cjcullen](https://github.com/cjcullen))

  //    (hypothetical) unsafe read by our caller. Note: adding 'volatile' does not fix this issue,
  //    it would just add an edge such that if done() observed non-null, then it would also
  //    definitely observe all earlier writes, but we still have no guarantee that done() would see
  //    the initial write (just stronger guarantees if it does).
  //

  * For StatefulSet (previously PetSet), this change means creation of
    replacement pods is blocked until old pods are definitely not running
    (indicated either by the kubelet returning from partitioned state,
    deletion of the Node object, deletion of the instance in the cloud provider,
    or force deletion of the pod from the api-server).

* kubelet to master communication when doing node status updates now has a timeout to prevent indefinite hangs ([#52176](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52176), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Bug or Regression

- Currently, NodeAdded QueueingHint could not always be called because of the internal feature called preCheck.
  It's definitely not something expected for plugin developers,
  and we're trying to eventually remove preCheck completely to fix this.