* etcd3: dereference the UID pointer for a readable error message. ([#33349](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33349), [@madhusudancs](https://github.com/madhusudancs))
* etcd3: pass SelectionPredicate instead of Filter to storage layer ([#31190](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31190), [@hongchaodeng](https://github.com/hongchaodeng))

- Graduated the `LegacyServiceAccountTokenTracking` feature gate to Beta. The usage of auto-generated secret-based service account token now produces warnings by default, and relevant Secrets are labeled with a last-used timestamp (label key `kubernetes.io/legacy-token-last-used`). ([#114523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114523), [@zshihang](https://github.com/zshihang)) [SIG API Machinery and Auth]

- Kubeadm: apply the "node.kubernetes.io/exclude-from-external-load-balancers" label on control plane nodes during "init", "join" and "upgrade" to preserve backwards compatibility with the lagacy LB mode where nodes labeled as "master" where excluded. To opt-out you can remove the label from a node. See #97543 and the linked KEP for more details. ([#98269](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98269), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]...

- The `KubeletSeparateDiskGC` feature gate is now beta. This split image filesystem feature enables kubelet to perform garbage collection of images (read-only layers) and/or containers (writeable layers) deployed on separate filesystems. gate is now beta. ([#126205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126205), [@kwilczynski](https://github.com/kwilczynski))

		Code:  ErrSiteReplicationIAMConfigMismatch,
	}
}

var errSRObjectLayerNotReady = SRError{
	Cause: fmt.Errorf("object layer not ready"),
	Code:  ErrServerNotInitialized,
}

func getSRStateFilePath() string {
	return srStatePrefix + SlashSeparator + srStateFile
}

// SRError - wrapped error for site replication.

Release artifacts for 1.18.7 and 1.17.10 are incomplete. __Do not use these releases.__

# Changelog since v1.17.9

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

      Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!'


  `That is not said right,' said the Caterpillar.

  `Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; `some of the
words have got altered.'

  `It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar
decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.

  The Caterpillar was the first to speak.

  `What size do you want to be?' it asked.

- Cordoned nodes are now deregistered from AWS target groups. ([#85920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85920), [@hoelzro](https://github.com/hoelzro)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

Release artifacts for 1.18.7 and 1.17.10 are incomplete. __Do not use these releases.__

# Changelog since v1.18.6

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Do not add nodes labeled with kubernetes.azure.com/managed=false to backend pool of load balancer. ([#93034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93034), [@matthias50](https://github.com/matthias50)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

    * Custom apiservers built with the latest apiserver library will have the 100MB limit on the body of resource requests as well. The limit can be altered via ServerRunOptions.MaxRequestBodyBytes.
    * The body size limit does not apply to subresources like pods/proxy that proxy request content to another server.