- The CoreDNS Deployment now checks readiness via the `ready` plugin.
  - The `proxy` plugin has been deprecated. The `forward` plugin is to be used instead.
  - `kubernetes` plugin removes the `resyncperiod` option.
  - The `upstream` option is deprecated and ignored if included.
    ([#82127](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82127), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

- kubectl

  - `CustomPodDNS`
  - `HugePages`
  - `MountPropagation`
  - `PersistentLocalVolumes`
- CoreDNS: The following directives or keywords are deprecated and will be removed in v1.15:
  - `upstream` option of `kubernetes` plugin, becoming default behavior in v1.15.
  - `proxy` plugin replaced by `forward` plugin

## Removed and deprecated metrics

### Removed metrics

- `reflector_items_per_list`

    * - Fix a bug in DNS resolution for externalName services
    * and PTR records that need to query from upstream nameserver.
* Fix machineID getting for vmss nodes when using instance metadata ([#62611](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62611), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

    * Fix a bug in DNS resolution for externalName services
    * and PTR records that need to query from upstream nameserver.
* Update version of Istio addon from 0.5.1 to 0.6.0. ([#61911](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61911), [@ostromart](https://github.com/ostromart))