* Remove Initializers from admission-control in kubernetes-master charm for pre-1.7 ([#46987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46987), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))

* Added state guards to the idle_status messaging in the kubernetes-master charm to make deployment faster on initial deployment. ([#47183](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47183), [@chuckbutler](https://github.com/chuckbutler))

#### Cluster federation

* fix scheduling policy on ConfigMap breaks without the --policy-configmap-namespace flag set ([#61388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61388), [@zjj2wry](https://github.com/zjj2wry))
* Bugfix for erroneous upgrade needed messaging in kubernetes worker charm. ([#60873](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60873), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

* Implement CanMount() for gfsMounter for linux ([#36686](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36686), [@rkouj](https://github.com/rkouj))
* Better messaging for missing volume binaries on host ([#36280](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36280), [@rkouj](https://github.com/rkouj))

### Documentation

- Enhanced clarity in error messaging when waiting for volume creation ([#118262](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118262), [@torredil](https://github.com/torredil)) [SIG Apps and Storage]

### Failing Test

- Fixed bug in `TopologyManager` for ensuring aligned allocations on machines with more than 2 NUMA nodes ([#108052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108052), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska))
- Fixed bug in error messaging for basic-auth and ssh secret validations. ([#106179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106179), [@vivek-koppuru](https://github.com/vivek-koppuru))

- Kubeadm: improve the error messaging when the user provides an invalid discovery token CA certificate hash. ([#97290](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97290), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* Remove Initializers from admission-control in kubernetes-master charm for pre-1.7 ([#46987](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46987), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))
* Added state guards to the idle_status messaging in the kubernetes-master charm to make deployment faster on initial deployment. ([#47183](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47183), [@chuckbutler](https://github.com/chuckbutler))

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  @Override
  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
    super.tearDown();
    // TODO(cpovirk): run tests in other thread instead of messing with main thread interrupt status
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  @Override
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