* fix smb remount issue on Windows ([#73661](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73661), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kube-apiserver: a request body of a CREATE/UPDATE/PATCH/DELETE resource operation larger than 100 MB will return a 413 "request entity too large" error. ([#73805](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73805), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

- kube-proxy metrics are now marked as with the ALPHA stability level. ([#81626](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81626), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

- Kubernetes is now built with Golang 1.18.3 ([#110422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110422), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- EndpointSlices marked for deletion are now ignored during reconciliation. ([#110484](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110484), [@aryan9600](https://github.com/aryan9600)) [SIG Apps and Network]

- The Pods and Pod controllers that are exempted from the PodSecurity admission process are now marked with the `pod-security.kubernetes.io/exempt: user/namespace/runtimeClass` annotation, based on what caused the exemption.
  
  The enforcement level that allowed or denied a Pod during PodSecurity admission is now marked by the `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-policy` annotation.
  

- Bug Fix: Kube-proxy dropped endpointSlice's local endpoints when upgrading from 1.20 to 1.22 ([#110245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110245), [@xh4n3](https://github.com/xh4n3)) [SIG Network]
- EndpointSlices marked for deletion are now ignored during reconciliation. ([#110482](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110482), [@aryan9600](https://github.com/aryan9600)) [SIG Apps and Network]

- Kubeadm: get k8s CI version markers from k8s infra bucket ([#98836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98836), [@hasheddan](https://github.com/hasheddan)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle and Release]

- Do not report terminated container metrics ([#110950](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110950), [@yangjunmyfm192085](https://github.com/yangjunmyfm192085)) [SIG Node]
- EndpointSlices marked for deletion are now ignored during reconciliation. ([#109624](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109624), [@aryan9600](https://github.com/aryan9600))

- The deprecated `--pod`/`-p` flag for `kubectl exec` has been removed. The flag has been marked as deprecated since k8s version v1.12. ([#76713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76713), [@prksu](https://github.com/prksu))


#### Lifecycle

* vSphere cloud provider: Remove the dependency of login information on worker nodes for vsphere cloud provider. ([#43545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43545), [@luomiao](https://github.com/luomiao))

- Graduated `Job BackoffLimitPerIndex` feature to `beta`. ([#121356](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121356), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo))
- Marked the `onPodConditions` field as optional in `Job`'s pod failure policy. ([#120204](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120204), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo))