- [<code>TokenRequest</code> / <code>TokenRequestProjection</code> graduates to General Availability](#tokenrequest--tokenrequestprojection-graduates-to-general-availability)
    - [RuntimeClass feature graduates to General Availability.](#runtimeclass-feature-graduates-to-general-availability)
    - [Cloud Controller Manager now exclusively shipped by Cloud Provider](#cloud-controller-manager-now-exclusively-shipped-by-cloud-provider)

- Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- The runtimeHandler field on the RuntimeClass resource now accepts the empty string. ([#69550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69550), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

#### Other deprecations:
- The k8s.io/node-api component is no longer updated. Instead, use the RuntimeClass types located within k8s.io/api, and the generated clients located within k8s.io/client-go ([#87503](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87503), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Node and Release]

- The `node.k8s.io/v1alpha1` RuntimeClass API is no longer served. Use the `node.k8s.io/v1` API version, available since v1.20 ([#103061](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103061), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev))

- The Pods and Pod controllers that are exempted from the PodSecurity admission process are now marked with the `pod-security.kubernetes.io/exempt: user/namespace/runtimeClass` annotation, based on what caused the exemption.
  
  The enforcement level that allowed or denied a Pod during PodSecurity admission is now marked by the `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-policy` annotation.
  

#### Windows
- The Windows containers RunAsUsername feature is now beta.
- Windows worker nodes in a Kubernetes cluster now support Windows Server version 1903 in addition to the existing support for Windows Server 2019
- The RuntimeClass scheduler can now simplify steering Linux or Windows pods to appropriate nodes