* Fix for resourcepool-path configuration in the vsphere.conf file. ([#66261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66261), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

- Kubelet: the following dockershim related flags are also removed along with dockershim `--experimental-dockershim-root-directory`, `--docker-endpoint`, `--image-pull-progress-deadline`, `--network-plugin`, `--cni-conf-dir`, `--cni-bin-dir`, `--cni-cache-dir`, `--network-plugin-mtu`. ([#106907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106907), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))

- Kubernetes now correctly handles "search ." in the host's resolv.conf file by preserving the "." entry in the "resolv.conf" that the kubelet writes to pods. ([#109441](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109441), [@Miciah](https://github.com/Miciah)) [SIG Network and Node]

- Kubeadm: Graduated the kubeadm-specific feature gate `ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode` to GA and locked it to enabled by default. To opt out, patch the `server` field in `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf`. Deprecated the subphase of `kubeadm join phase control-plane-join` called `etcd`, which is now hidden and replaced by subphase with identical functionality `etcd-join`. The `etcd` subphase will be removed in a future release. The subphase `kubelet-wait-bootstrap`...

  nameserver 1.2.3.4.
  ```
  "upstreamNameservers": ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"]
  ```
  is a list of upstreamNameservers to use, overriding the configuration
  specified in /etc/resolv.conf.

* An empty `kube-system:kube-dns` ConfigMap will be created for the cluster if one did not already exist.

### kube-proxy

- Avoided propagating hosts `search .` into containers in `/etc/resolv.conf`. ([#112157](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112157), [@dghubble](https://github.com/dghubble))

* kubeadm: fix a bug where standard kubeconfig paths were searched even if the user provided /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf explicitly for commands that accept --kubeconfig, like kubeadm token. ([#71874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71874), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))
    * kubeadm: use the default kubeconfig (/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf) for "kubeadm reset" and "kubeadm upgrade" commands.

- Images for cloud-controller-manager, kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, and kube-scheduler now contain a minimal /etc/nsswitch.conf and should respect /etc/hosts for lookups ([#69238](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69238), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder))

### SIG Scheduling

- Kubeadm: fix potential panic when executing "kubeadm reset" with a corrupted kubelet.conf file ([#86216](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86216), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* make --runtime-config=api/all=true|false work ([#32582](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32582), [@jlowdermilk](https://github.com/jlowdermilk))
* Added new kubelet flags `--cni-bin-dir` and `--cni-conf-dir` to specify where CNI files are located. ([#32151](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32151), [@bboreham](https://github.com/bboreham))
    * Fixed CNI configuration on GCI platform when using CNI.