- Kubelet: Extended the `--image-credential-provider-config` flag to accept a directory path in addition to a single file. When a directory was specified, all .json, .yaml, and .yml files in that directory were loaded and merged in lexicographical order. ([#131658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131658), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))...

- Revert addition of Add `PersistentVolumeClaimDeletePoilcy` to `StatefulSet`API. ([#103747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103747), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary))

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  - [beta] `kube-apiserver` now publishes a swagger 2.0 spec in addition to a swagger 1.2 spec ([kubernetes/features#53](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/53))

* In order to bypass graceful deletion of pods (to immediately remove the pod from the API) the user must now provide the `--force` flag in addition to `--grace-period=0`.  This prevents users from accidentally force deleting pods without being aware of the consequences of force deletion.  Force deleting pods for resources like StatefulSets can result in multiple pods with the same name having...

Note that snapshot support will require Kubernetes distributors to bundle the Snapshot controller, Snapshot CRDs, and validation webhook. In addition, a CSI driver supporting the snapshot functionality must also be deployed on the cluster.

### Non-recursive Volume Ownership (FSGroup) graduates to Beta

* fixes kubefed's ability to create RBAC roles in version-skewed clusters ([#50537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50537), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix data race during addition of new CRD ([#50098](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50098), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

- Kubeadm: when adding new control plane nodes with "kubeadm join", ensure that the etcd member addition is performed only if a given member URL does not already exist in the list of members. Similarly, on "kubeadm reset" only remove an etcd member if its ID exists. ([#127622](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127622), [@SataQiu](https:...

  - example manifests for the kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, kube-schedule, kubelet, and the cloud-controller-manager
  - labels/annotations that are consumed by any cloud specific controllers

In addition to the above, SIG Cloud Provider has been focusing on a long running effort to remove cloud provider code from kubernetes/kubernetes.

### SIG-cluster-lifecycle