* ACTION REQUIRED: In-place node upgrades to this release from versions 1.7.14+, 1.8.9+, and 1.9.4+ are not supported if using subpath volumes with PVCs.  Such pods should be drained from the node first. ([#61373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61373), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Other notable changes

  - [beta] PodDisruptionBudget has been promoted to beta, can be used to safely drain nodes while respecting application SLO's ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node/)) ([kubernetes/features#85](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/85))
- **UI**

- Introduce a new server run option 'shutdown-send-retry-after'. If true the HTTP Server will continue listening until all non longrunning request(s) in flight have been drained, during this window all incoming requests will be rejected with a status code `429` and a 'Retry-After' response header. ([#101257](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101257), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem))

- Changed node staging path for CSI driver to use a PV agnostic path. Nodes must be drained before updating the kubelet with this change. ([#107065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107065), [@saikat-royc](https://github.com/saikat-royc))

- The new flag `--chunk-size=SIZE` for `kubectl drain` has been promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This flag  may be used to alter the number of items or disable this feature when `0` is passed. ([#100148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100148), [@KnVerey](https://github.com/KnVerey))...

- Fixes code generation for non-namespaced create subresources fake client test. ([#96586](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96586), [@Doude](https://github.com/Doude)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Fixes high CPU usage in kubectl drain ([#95260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95260), [@amandahla](https://github.com/amandahla)) [SIG CLI]

- Fixes high CPU usage in kubectl drain ([#95260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95260), [@amandahla](https://github.com/amandahla)) [SIG CLI]

### Node Components
* **Kubelet with the Docker-CRI implementation**
  * The Docker-CRI implementation is enabled by default.
  * It is not compatible with containers created by older Kubelets. It is
    recommended to drain your node before upgrade. If you choose to perform
    an in-place upgrade, the Kubelet will automatically restart all
    Kubernetes-managed containers on the node.

- Fixed a bug where `kubectl` drain would consider a pod as having been deleted if an error occurs while calling the API. ([#122574](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122574), [@brianpursley](https://github.com/brianpursley))

* GCE: Prefer preconfigured node tags for firewalls, if available ([#25148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25148), [@a-robinson](https://github.com/a-robinson))
* Drain pods created from ReplicaSets in 'kubectl drain' ([#23689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/23689), [@maclof](https://github.com/maclof))