- Simple script based hyperkube image that bundles all the necessary binaries. This is an equivalent replacement for the image based on the go based hyperkube command + image. ([#84662](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84662), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Avoid unnecessary GCE API calls when adding IP alises or reflecting them in Node object in GCE cloud provider. ([#90242](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90242), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider and Network]

- **Cluster Lifecycle**
  - [alpha] Ensure critical cluster infrastructure pods (Heapster, DNS, etc.) can schedule by evicting regular pods when necessary to make the critical pods schedule. ([docs](http://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/rescheduler/#guaranteed-scheduling-of-critical-add-on-pods)) ([kubernetes/features#62](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/62))

not present in the json. ([#37991](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37991), [@pwittrock](https://github.com/pwittrock))

* The strategicmerge patchMergeKey for VolumeMounts was changed from "name" to "mountPath".  This was necessary because the name field refers to the name of the Volume, and is not a unique key for the VolumeMount.  Multiple VolumeMounts will have the same Volume name if mounting the same volume more than once.  The "mountPath" is verified to be unique and...

          <type>String</type>
          <description>
            Whether to load Maven extensions (such as packaging and type handlers) from
            this plugin. For performance reasons, this should only be enabled when necessary. Note: While the type
            of this field is {@code String} for technical reasons, the semantic type is actually
            {@code Boolean}. Default value is {@code false}.
          </description>

### Namespace

</li>

<li>
After substitution, each type argument must <a href="#Satisfying_a_type_constraint">satisfy</a>
the <a href="#Type_parameter_declarations">constraint</a> (instantiated, if necessary)
of the corresponding type parameter. Otherwise instantiation fails.
</li>
</ol>

<p>
Instantiating a type results in a new non-generic <a href="#Types">named type</a>;

- The `SupportNodePidsLimit` feature is now beta, and enabled by default.  It is no longer necessary to set the feature gate `SupportNodePidsLimit=true`. ([#76221](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76221), [@RobertKrawitz](https://github.com/RobertKrawitz))

- Revised scheduling behavior to correctly handle nominated node changes. Trigger rescheduling of pods 
if necessary when pods with nominated node names got deleted or nominated on a different node. ([#129058](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129058), [@dom4ha](https://github.com/dom4ha)) [SIG Scheduling, Storage and Testing]

- DRA: when the scheduler had to deallocate a claim after a node became unsuitable for a pod, it might have needed more attempts than really necessary. This was fixed by first disabling allocations. ([#120428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120428), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))