* Update kube-dns to Version 1.14.8 that includes only small changes to how Prometheus metrics are collected. ([#57918](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57918), [@rramkumar1](https://github.com/rramkumar1))

- Because of the implementation logic of `time.Format` in golang, the displayed time zone is not consistent. ([#102366](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102366), [@cndoit18](https://github.com/cndoit18))
- Corrected the documentation for escaping dollar signs in a container's env, command and args property. ([#101916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101916), [@MartinKanters](https://github.com/MartinKanters)) [SIG Apps]

- The `EndpointSlice` API is now GA. The `EndpointSlice` topology field has been removed from the GA API and will be replaced by a new per Endpoint Zone field. If the topology field was previously used, it will be converted into an annotation in the v1 Resource. The `discovery.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API is removed. ([#99662](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99662), [@swetharepakula](https://github.com/swetharepakula))

- Added a "reason" field to the "image_garbage_collected_total" metric, allowing administrators to differentiate between images that were collected for reasons "age" vs "space".
   ([#123345](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123345), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander))

- Existing PVs are converted to use volume topology if migration is enabled. ([#83394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83394), [@bertinatto](https://github.com/bertinatto))

   * awkward. This method lets you get a plain-old-{@code Map} out of a {@code Properties}.
   *
   * @param properties a {@code Properties} object to be converted
   * @return an immutable map containing all the entries in {@code properties}
   * @throws ClassCastException if any key in {@code properties} is not a {@code String}

   * awkward. This method lets you get a plain-old-{@code Map} out of a {@code Properties}.
   *
   * @param properties a {@code Properties} object to be converted
   * @return an immutable map containing all the entries in {@code properties}
   * @throws ClassCastException if any key in {@code properties} is not a {@code String}

* Modifying the default container GC policy parameters ([#27881](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27881), [@ronnielai](https://github.com/ronnielai))
* Kubelet can retrieve host IP even when apiserver has not been contacted ([#27508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27508), [@aaronlevy](https://github.com/aaronlevy))

* Support German cloud for azure disk mount feature ([#50673](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50673), [@clement-buchart](https://github.com/clement-buchart))
* BugFix: Exited containers are not Garbage Collected by the kubelet while the pod is running ([#53167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53167), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

- Fixes a bug where images pinned by the container runtime can be garbage collected by kubelet. ([#120055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120055), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG Node]