- The deprecated `--etcd-quorum-read` flag has been removed. Quorum reads are now always enabled when fetching data from etcd. Remove the `--etcd-quorum-read` flag from kube-apiserver invocations before upgrading.
- kube-controller-manager

* Kubernetes will try to read the openstack auth config from the client config and fall back to read from the environment variables if the auth config is not available. ([#60200](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60200), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

### SIG Scheduling

    - [Node binaries](#node-binaries-7)
  - [Changelog since v1.17.8](#changelog-since-v1178)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-8)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-7)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-8)
    - [Added](#added-8)

    - [Node binaries](#node-binaries-12)
  - [Changelog since v1.18.5](#changelog-since-v1185)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-12)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-14)

    - [Container Images](#container-images-9)
  - [Changelog since v1.27.0](#changelog-since-v1270)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-9)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-8)

* Changes secret, configMap, downwardAPI and projected volumes to mount read-only, instead of allowing applications to write data and then reverting it automatically. Until version 1.11, setting the feature gate ReadOnlyAPIDataVolumes=false will preserve the old behavior. ([#58720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58720),...

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