([#81210](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81210), [@figo](https://github.com/figo))
- kubelet now exports an `kubelet_evictions` metric that counts the number of pod evictions carried out by the kubelet to reclaim resources ([#81377](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81377), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

### Removed metrics

- Fix: incorrect max azure disk max count ([#92331](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92331), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Fixes a bug evicting pods after a taint with a limited tolerationSeconds toleration is removed from a node ([#93722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93722), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Apps and Node]

- Updated the default API priority-and-fairness config to avoid endpoint/configmaps operations from controller-manager to all match leader-election priority level. ([#106725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106725), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

00DD          ; mapped                 ; 00FD          # 1.1  LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
00DE          ; mapped                 ; 00FE          # 1.1  LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN
00DF          ; deviation              ; 0073 0073     # 1.1  LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
00E0..00F6    ; valid                                  # 1.1  LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE..LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS

- Emition of RecreatingFailedPod and RecreatingTerminatedPod events has been removed from stateful set lifecycle. ([#123809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123809), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree)) [SIG Apps and Testing]