kube-dns addon optional so that users can deploy their own DNS solution. ([#57113](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57113), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* `kubectl port-forward` now supports specifying a service to port forward to, as in `kubectl port-forward svc/myservice 8443:443`. Additional support has also been added for looking up targetPort for a service, as well as enabling using svc/name to select a pod. ([#59809](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59809),...

- kubeadm now automatically sets the `--pod-infra-container-image` flag when starting the kubelet.

### SIG IBM Cloud

- Added a new CLI flag `--emulation-forward-compatible`
  Added a new CLI `--runtime-config-emulation-forward-compatible` ([#130354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130354), [@siyuanfoundation](https://github.com/siyuanfoundation)) [SIG API Machinery, Etcd and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Added

    - kubeadm: implemented CRI detection for Windows worker nodes ([#78053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78053), [@ksubrmnn](https://github.com/ksubrmnn))

- Fixed a bug where startupProbe stopped working after a container's first restart ([#101093](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101093), [@wzshiming](https://github.com/wzshiming)) [SIG Node]
- Fixed port-forward memory leak for long-running and heavily used connections. ([#99839](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99839), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG API Machinery and Node]

* Use full package path for definition name in OpenAPI spec ([#40124](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40124), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))
* Follow redirects for streaming requests (exec/attach/port-forward) in the apiserver by default (alpha -> beta). ([#40039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40039), [@timstclair](https://github.com/timstclair))

- Added namespace autocompletion for `kubectl config set-context` command. ([#124994](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124994), [@TessaIO](https://github.com/TessaIO)) [SIG CLI]
- Added ports autocompletion for kubectl port-foward command. ([#124683](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124683), [@TessaIO](https://github.com/TessaIO)) [SIG CLI]

- Reset streams when an error happens during port-forward allowing kubectl to maintain port-forward connection open. ([#128318](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128318), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI and Node]

### Instrumentation