- The `rules` field in RBAC `Role` and `ClusterRole` objects is now correctly reported as optional in the openapi schema. ([#73250](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73250), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

- Kubeadm: avoided uploading a defaulted flag value "--authorization-mode=Node,RBAC" for the kube-apiserver in the ClusterConfiguration stored in the "kube-system/kubeadm-config" ConfigMap. "Node,RBAC" are already the kubeadm defaults for this flag, so this action is redundant. ([#123555](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123555), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- Fixed a regression preventing garbage collection of RBAC role and binding objects ([#90534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90534), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG Auth]

- Kube-apiserver: The `rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API version is removed; use the `rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1` API, available since v1.8. The `scheduling.k8s.io/v1alpha1` API version is removed; use the `scheduling.k8s.io/v1` API, available since v1.14. ([#104248](https://github.com/kubernetes/kube...

* Reverted conversion of influx-db to Pet Set, it is now a Replication Controller. ([#30080](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/30080), [@jszczepkowski](https://github.com/jszczepkowski))
* rbac validation: rules can't combine non-resource URLs and regular resources ([#29930](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29930), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

Beta and enabled the feature by default. This implies that 1) for new clusters kubeadm will start using the `kube-system/kubelet-config` naming scheme for the kubelet ConfigMap and RBAC rules, instead of the legacy `kubelet-config-x.yy` naming. 2) during upgrade, kubeadm will only write the new scheme ConfigMap and RBAC objects. To disable the feature you can pass `UnversionedKubeletConfigMap: false` in the kubeadm config for new clusters. For upgrade on existing clusters you can also override the...

- Fixes an issue where default RBAC policy could fail to reconcile on API server startup if an error was encountered ([#101954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101954), [@voutcn](https://github.com/voutcn)) [SIG Auth]

- Fixed a regression preventing garbage collection of RBAC role and binding objects ([#90534](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90534), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG Auth]

  - The built-in `system:csi-external-provisioner` and `system:csi-external-attacher` cluster roles are deprecated and will not be auto-created in a future release. CSI deployments should provide their own RBAC role definitions with required permissions. ([#69868](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69868), [@pohly]( https://github.com/pohly))

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