- Fixes high CPU usage in kubectl drain ([#95260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95260), [@amandahla](https://github.com/amandahla)) [SIG CLI]
- For vSphere Cloud Provider, If VM of worker node is deleted, the node will also be deleted by node controller ([#92608](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92608), [@lubronzhan](https://github.com/lubronzhan)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Fix kubectl describe for pods with controllerRef  ([#45467](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45467), [@ddysher](https://github.com/ddysher))
* Skip errors when unregistering juju kubernetes-workers ([#48144](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48144), [@ktsakalozos](https://github.com/ktsakalozos))

## Known Issues

There are a number of known issues that have been found and are being worked on.
Please be aware of them as you test your workloads.

* PVC Volume not detached if pod deleted via namespace deletion ([29051](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/29051))

- Added '--concurrent-cron-job-syncs' flag for `kube-controller-manager` to set the number of workers for cron job controller. ([#117550](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117550), [@borgerli](https://github.com/borgerli))
- Added '--concurrent-job-syncs' flag for `kube-controller-manager` to set the number of job controller workers. ([#117138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117138), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k))

* Use upgraded container-vm by default on worker nodes for GCE k8s clusters ([#31023](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31023), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))

### Other notable changes

- Added `--concurrent-daemonset-syncs` command line flag to kube-controller-manager. This value sets the number of workers for the daemonset controller. ([#128444](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128444), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k))

- The DownwardAPIHugePages feature is beta.  Users may use the feature if all workers in their cluster are min 1.20 version.  The feature will be enabled by default in all installations in 1.22. ([#99610](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99610), [@derekwaynecarr](https://github.com/derekwaynecarr)) [SIG Node]

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- Enabled `kube-controller-manager` to support '--concurrent-horizontal-pod-autoscaler-syncs' flag to set the number of horizontal pod autoscaler controller workers. ([#108501](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108501), [@zroubalik](https://github.com/zroubalik))

- Fixed a regression where `kubelet --hostname-override` no longer worked
  correctly with an external cloud provider. ([#124516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124516), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))