- [Known Issues](#known-issues)
    - [LocalStorageCapacityIsolationFSQuotaMonitoring ConfigMap rendering failure](#localstoragecapacityisolationfsquotamonitoring-configmap-rendering-failure)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)

enabled kubeadm will start using a new naming format for the ConfigMap where it stores the KubeletConfiguration structure. The old format included the Kubernetes version - "kube-system/kubelet-config-1.22", while the new format does not - "kube-system/kubelet-config". A similar formatting change is done for the related RBAC rules. The old format is now DEPRECATED and will be removed after the feature graduates to GA. When writing the ConfigMap kubeadm (init, upgrade apply) will respect the value of ...

* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubeadm: do not upload kubelet patch configuration into `kube-system/kubelet-config` ConfigMap ([#123106](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123106), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

- The beta `RootCAConfigMap` feature gate is enabled by default and causes kube-controller-manager to publish a "kube-root-ca.crt" ConfigMap to every namespace. This ConfigMap contains a CA bundle used for verifying connections to the kube-apiserver. ([#96197](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96197), [@zshihang](https://github.com/zshihang)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth and Testing]

* kubelet: resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique configmap/secret references by reverting to 1.11 configmap/secret lookup behavior ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fixes the flooding warning messages about setting volume ownership for configmap/secret volumes ([#92878](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92878), [@jvanz](https://github.com/jvanz)) [SIG Instrumentation, Node and Storage]

- For `kubeadm`: remove the ClusterStatus API from v1beta3 and its management in the kube-system/kubeadm-config ConfigMap. This method of keeping track of what API endpoints exists in the cluster was replaced (in a prior release) by a method to annotate the etcd Pods that `kubeadm` creates in "stacked etcd" clusters. The following CLI sub-phases are deprecated and are...

- kubeadm: Improved resiliency when it comes to updating the `kubeadm-config` configmap upon new control plane joins or resets. This allows for safe multiple control plane joins and/or resets. ([#76821](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76821), [@ereslibre](https://github.com/ereslibre))

* Add density (batch pods creation latency and resource) and resource performance tests to `test-e2e-node' ([#29764](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29764), [@coufon](https://github.com/coufon))
* Allow Secret & ConfigMap keys to contain caps, dots, and underscores ([#25458](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25458), [@errm](https://github.com/errm))