- Implemented alpha support for a drop-in kubelet configuration directory. ([#119390](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119390), [@sohankunkerkar](https://github.com/sohankunkerkar))

- Kubernetes is now built with Go 1.18.8 ([#113593](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113593), [@xmudrii](https://github.com/xmudrii)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Consider only plugin directory and not entire kubelet root when cleaning up mounts ([#112920](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112920), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary)) [SIG Storage]

			},
			{
				Description: MetricDescription{
					Namespace: nodeMetricNamespace,
					Subsystem: scannerSubsystem,
					Name:      "directories_scanned",
					Help:      "Total number of directories scanned since server uptime",
					Type:      counterMetric,
				},
				Value: float64(globalScannerMetrics.lifetime(scannerMetricScanFolder)),
			},
			{
				Description: MetricDescription{

  - Updated encryption configuration file watch logic from using inotify watch to polling at an interval of every minute. Moved the logic to polling because there are variations on file changes (like symlink swapping of directories that contain the encryption config) that the file watch logic would fail to detect. Polling at a set interval prevents any such issues. Note that there is no guarantee on how quickly the API server will process the encryption config. The `apise...

     * comment: Whether to use a dedicated temporary directory.
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getUseOwnTmpDir();

    /**
     * Is the property for the key 'use.own.tmp.dir' true? <br>
     * The value is, e.g. true <br>
     * comment: Whether to use a dedicated temporary directory.

      .eventListenerFactory(clientTestRule.wrap(eventRecorder))
      .build()
  private val callback = RecordingCallback()
  private val cache =
    Cache(
      fileSystem = LoggingFilesystem(fileSystem),
      directory = "/cache".toPath(),
      maxSize = Int.MAX_VALUE.toLong(),
    )

  @BeforeEach
  fun setUp() {
    platform.assumeNotOpenJSSE()
  }

  @AfterEach
  fun tearDown() {
    cache.close()

		os.Sweep()
	}
}

// PutObjectExtractHandler - PUT Object extract is an extended API
// based off from AWS Snowball feature to auto extract compressed
// stream will be extracted in the same directory it is stored in
// and the folder structures will be built out accordingly.
func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	ctx := newContext(r, w, "PutObjectExtract")

- Removed Alpha feature `MountContainers` ([#84365](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84365), [@codenrhoden](https://github.com/codenrhoden))

- Kubeadm will cleanup the stale data on best effort basis. Stale data will be removed when each reset phase are executed, default etcd data directory will be cleanup when the `remove-etcd-member` phase are executed. ([#110972](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110972), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Known Issues for v1.6.3

* This release introduced a regression when using [subPath](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#using-subpath).
  If the `subPath` is a file rather than a directory, Pods may fail to start ([#45613](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/45613)).

  **Do not upgrade to v1.6.3** if your cluster may run Pods with such subPaths.

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