* The `system-node-critical` and `system-cluster-critical` priority classes are now limited to the `kube-system` namespace by the `PodPriority` admission plugin. ([#65593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65593), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

### Other notable changes

        * When used in combination with the `RBAC` authorization mode (`--authorization-mode=Node,RBAC`), the `system:node` role is no longer automatically granted to the `system:nodes` group.

User in `admin.conf` is now bound to a new RBAC Group `kubeadm:cluster-admins` that has `cluster-admin` `ClusterRole` access. The User in `super-admin.conf` is now bound to the `system:masters` built-in super-powers / break-glass Group that can bypass RBAC. Before this change, the default `admin.conf` was bound to `system:masters` Group, which was undesired. Executing `kubeadm init phase kubeconfig all` or just `kubeadm init` will now generate the new `super-admin.conf` file. The cluster admin can...

- Upon successful authorization check, an impersonated user is added to the system:authenticated group.
  system:anonymous when impersonated is added to the system:unauthenticated group. ([#94410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94410), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

*   [alpha] Raw block volumes
    *   Support for surfacing volumes as raw block devices added to Kubernetes storage system.
    *   Only Fibre Channel volume plugin supports exposes this functionality, in this release.
*   [alpha] Volume resizing
    *   Added file system resizing for the following volume plugins: GCE PD, Ceph RBD, AWS EBS, OpenStack Cinder
*   [alpha] Topology Aware Volume Scheduling

  - The built-in `system:csi-external-provisioner` and `system:csi-external-attacher` cluster roles are deprecated and will not be auto-created in a future release. CSI deployments should provide their own RBAC role definitions with required permissions. ([#69868](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69868), [@pohly]( https://github.com/pohly))

### Introducing Graceful Node Shutdown (Alpha)

The `GracefulNodeShutdown` feature is now in Alpha. This allows kubelet to be aware of node system shutdowns, enabling graceful termination of pods during a system shutdown. This feature can be [enabled through feature gate](https://docs.k8s.io/concepts/architecture/nodes/#graceful-node-shutdown).

### Runtime log sanitation

- The e2e suite can be instructed not to wait for pods in kube-system to be ready or for all nodes to be ready by passing `--allowed-not-ready-nodes=-1` when invoking...

#### AWS

- Optimizing loadbalancer creation with the help of attribute Internal Traffic Policy: Local ([#114466](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114466), [@princepereira](https://github.com/princepereira)) [SIG Network]
- Update the system-validators library to v1.8.0 ([#114060](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114060), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]