* Ensure the GCI metadata files do not have newline at the end ([#38727](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38727), [@Amey-D](https://github.com/Amey-D))
* Fix nil pointer dereference in test framework ([#37583](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37583), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

	* Kubefed: Use service accounts instead of the user's credentials when accessing joined clusters' API servers. ([#42042](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42042), [@perotinus](https://github.com/perotinus))

* kubeadm: clean up exited containers and network checkpoints ([#43836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43836), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))
* Fix corner-case with OnlyLocal Service healthchecks. ([#44313](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44313), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

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				"video/x-dirac",
				"video/x-ogm",
				"video/x-ogguvs",
				"video/x-oggyuv",
				"video/x-oggrgb",
				"video/parityfec",
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				"video/quicktime",
				"video/raw",
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				"video/ulpfec",
				"video/vc1",
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* fix parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kubeadm: fixed nil pointer dereference caused by a bug in url parsing ([#74454](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74454), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))

   * this method is recommended over {@link InetAddress#toString()} when an IP address string
   * literal is desired. This is because {@link InetAddress#toString()} prints the hostname and the
   * IP address string joined by a "/".
   *
   * @param ip {@link InetAddress} to be converted to URI string literal
   * @return {@code String} containing URI-safe string literal
   */
  public static String toUriString(InetAddress ip) {

* Fixed validation of multizone cluster for GCE ([#38695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38695), [@jszczepkowski](https://github.com/jszczepkowski))
* Fix nil pointer dereference in test framework ([#37583](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37583), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* The OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement admission plugin now requires `update` permission on the `finalizers` subresource of the referenced owner in order to set `blockOwnerDeletion` on an owner reference. ([#49133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49133), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Component owner can configure the allowlist of metric label with flag '--allow-metric-labels'. ([#99385](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99385), [@YoyinZyc](https://github.com/YoyinZyc)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle, Instrumentation and Release]

- Fixed a bug in `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` where schemas with `additionalProperties: true` could cause the kube-controller-manager to crash with a nil pointer exception. ([#135155](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135155), [@jpbetz](https://github.com/jpbetz))