- Fixes a regression in 1.17 that dropped cache-control headers on API requests ([#90468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90468), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]
 - Kubeadm: increase robustness for "kubeadm join" when adding etcd members on slower setups ([#90645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90645), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* Creating LoadBalancer Service with "None" ClusterIP is no longer possible ([#33274](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33274), [@nebril](https://github.com/nebril))
* Increase timeout for federated ingress test. ([#33610](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/33610), [@quinton-hoole](https://github.com/quinton-hoole))

    - [CSI Proxy for Windows](#csi-proxy-for-windows)
    - [Dashboard v2](#dashboard-v2)
    - [Windows containerd support graduates to beta](#windows-containerd-support-graduates-to-beta)
    - [Increase the Kubernetes support window to one year](#increase-the-kubernetes-support-window-to-one-year)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)

- 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]
- Kubeadm: increase robustness for "kubeadm join" when adding etcd members on slower setups ([#90645](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90645), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* fix detach azure disk back off issue which has too big lock in failure retry condition ([#76573](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76573), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Increase Azure default maximumLoadBalancerRuleCount to 250. ([#72621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72621), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

* GCE: Bump GLBC version to [0.9.6](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress/releases/tag/0.9.6). ([#50096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50096), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))
* In GCE with COS, increase TasksMax for Docker service to raise cap on number of threads/processes used by containers. ([#51986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51986), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

- Improve func `ToSelectableFields`' performance for event. ([#102461](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102461), [@goodluckbot](https://github.com/goodluckbot))
- Increased `CSINodeIDMaxLength` from 128 bytes to 192 bytes. Prepare to increase the length limit to 256 bytes in 1.23 release. ([#101256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101256), [@Jiawei0227](https://github.com/Jiawei0227))

   ([#121461](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121461), [@alexzielenski](https://github.com/alexzielenski))
- Scheduler now skips the `NodeAffinity Score` plugin when it has nothing to do with a Pod. You might have noticed an increase in the metric `plugin_execution_duration_seconds` for `extension_point=score` and `plugin=NodeAffinity`, because the plugin only runs when it's relevant.

* In GCE with COS, increase TasksMax for Docker service to raise cap on number of threads/processes used by containers. ([#51986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51986), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

    * kubeadm: use the default kubeconfig (/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf) for "kubeadm reset" and "kubeadm upgrade" commands.
* Increase api server client certificate expiration histogram resolution to accommodate short-lived (< 6h) client certificates. ([#74806](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74806), [@mxinden](https://github.com/mxinden))