- Fixes regression in logging spurious stack traces when proxied connections are closed by the backend ([#82588](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82588), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Scheduler alpha metrics binding_duration_seconds and scheduling_algorithm_preemption_evaluation_seconds are deprecated, Both of those metrics are now covered as part of framework_extension_point_duration_seconds, the former as a PostFilter the latter and a Bind plugin. The plan is to remove both in 1.21 ([#95001](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95001), [@arghya88](https://github.com/arghya88))...

*   The "ServiceNodeExclusion" feature gate must now be enabled for the `alpha.service-controller.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer` annotation on nodes to be honored. ([#54644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54644),[ @brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### **Scheduling**

*   Taint key `unreachable` is now in GA.

- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/fatih/color: [v1.7.0](https://github.com/fatih/color/tree/v1.7.0)
- github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs: [0766667](https://github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs/tree/0766667)
- github.com/hashicorp/consul/api: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/api/v1.1.0)

* Fixes a bug where dry-run is not honored for pod/eviction sub-resource. ([#76969](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76969), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse))

        * When a `response_model` is declared, the same `response_model` type declaration won't be used as is, it will be "cloned" to create an new one (a cloned Pydantic `Field` with all the submodels cloned as well).

    * The `kube-cloud-controller-manager` flag `--use-service-account-credentials` is now honored consistently, regardless of whether `--service-account-private-key-file` was specified.

- Fixed bug where CSI migration doesn't count inline volumes for attach limit. ([#107787](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107787), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))
- Fixed error "dbus: connection closed by user" after dbus daemon restarts. ([#110496](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110496), [@kolyshkin](https://github.com/kolyshkin))

- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [v0.0.4](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/v0.0.4)
- github.com/containernetworking/cni: [v0.8.1](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/tree/v0.8.1)
- github.com/fatih/color: [v1.7.0](https://github.com/fatih/color/tree/v1.7.0)
- github.com/googleapis/gnostic: [v0.5.5](https://github.com/googleapis/gnostic/tree/v0.5.5)
- github.com/hashicorp/consul/api: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/api/tree/v1.1.0)

- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/fatih/color: [v1.7.0](https://github.com/fatih/color/tree/v1.7.0)
- github.com/go-gl/glfw: [e6da0ac](https://github.com/go-gl/glfw/tree/e6da0ac)
- github.com/google/martian: [v2.1.0+incompatible](https://github.com/google/martian/tree/v2.1.0)