- Kubeadm: the flag `--cri-socket` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting the CRI socket for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.nodeRegistration.criSocket`. ([#101600](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101600), [@KofClubs](https://github.com/KofClubs))

  This is achieved by reducing the TIME-WAIT state of the connection to 1 second, instead of the defaults 60 seconds. This allows kubelet to free the socket, and free conntrack entry and ephemeral port associated. ([#115143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115143), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Network and Node]

	HostPathFileOrCreate HostPathType = "FileOrCreate"
	// A file must exist at the given path
	HostPathFile HostPathType = "File"
	// A UNIX socket must exist at the given path
	HostPathSocket HostPathType = "Socket"
	// A character device must exist at the given path
	HostPathCharDev HostPathType = "CharDevice"
	// A block device must exist at the given path

- Added a new `align-by-socket` policy option to cpu manager `static` policy.  When enabled CPU's to be aligned at socket boundary rather than NUMA boundary. ([#111278](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111278), [@arpitsardhana](https://github.com/arpitsardhana))

  // TopologyKey is the key of node labels. Nodes that have a label with this key
  // and identical values are considered to be in the same topology.
  // We consider each <key, value> as a "bucket", and try to put balanced number
  // of pods into each bucket.
  // We define a domain as a particular instance of a topology.
  // Also, we define an eligible domain as a domain whose nodes meet the requirements of

- Updated apiserver metric `request_filter_duration_seconds` to include a 10s, 15s and 30s bucket.
Updated apiserver metric `request_wait_duration_seconds` to include a 15s bucket. ([#118945](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118945), [@andrewsykim](https://github.com/andrewsykim))

  conntrack entries, sockets. This is achieved by reducing the `TIME-WAIT` state
  of the connection to 1 second, instead of the defaults 60 seconds. This allows
  kubelet to free the socket, and free conntrack entry and ephemeral port associated. ([#115143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115143), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))

issue is to specify the complete path in the hostPath volume. Use of subPathmounts nested within atomic writer volumes (configmap, secret, downwardAPI, projected) does not work ([#61545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/61545)), and socket files cannot be loaded from a subPath ([#62377](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/61377)). Work on these issues is ongoing.

* Kubeadm is currently omitting etcd certificates in a self-hosted deployment; this will be fixed...

  // TopologyKey is the key of node labels. Nodes that have a label with this key
  // and identical values are considered to be in the same topology.
  // We consider each <key, value> as a "bucket", and try to put balanced number
  // of pods into each bucket.
  // We define a domain as a particular instance of a topology.
  // Also, we define an eligible domain as a domain whose nodes meet the requirements of

	HostPathFileOrCreate HostPathType = "FileOrCreate"
	// A file must exist at the given path
	HostPathFile HostPathType = "File"
	// A UNIX socket must exist at the given path
	HostPathSocket HostPathType = "Socket"
	// A character device must exist at the given path
	HostPathCharDev HostPathType = "CharDevice"
	// A block device must exist at the given path