- Promoted API groups `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` and ...

- Ensure `InstanceShutdownByProviderID` return false for creating Azure VMs. ([#104382](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104382), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
- Evicted and other terminated Pods will no longer revert to the `Running` phase. ([#105462](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105462), [@ehashman](https://github.com/ehashman))

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- Fix a bug on GCE that /etc/crictl.yaml is not generated when crictl is preloaded. ([#66877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66877), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))
- Revert #63905: Setup dns servers and search domains for Windows Pods. DNS for Windows containers will be set by CNI plugins. ([#66587](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66587), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

- Revert addition of Add `PersistentVolumeClaimDeletePoilcy` to `StatefulSet`API. ([#103747](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103747), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary))

- Revert kubelet prober metrics `pod` tag to include actual pod name ([#118549](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118549), [@a7i](https://github.com/a7i)) [SIG Node]

* fixes an issue with multi-line annotations injected via downward API files getting scrambled ([#65992](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65992), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

[kubernetes-node-windows-amd64.tar.gz](https://dl.k8s.io/v1.6.8/kubernetes-node-windows-amd64.tar.gz) | `66b66655976647f50db3eda61849cbb26bcb06ad20a866328f24aef862758bb4`

## Changelog since v1.6.7

### Other notable changes

* Revert deprecation of vCenter port in vSphere Cloud Provider. ([#49689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49689), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))

## Changelog since v1.19.15

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression

- Fix detach from non-existant nodes and support dangling volumes (#104912, @gnufied) [SIG Cloud Provider and Storage]
- Revert PR #102925 which introduced unexpected scheduling behavior based on balanced resource allocation (#105526, @harisund) [SIG Scheduling]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

  - Fix a data race in TopologyCache when `AddHints` and `SetNodes` are called concurrently ([#117268](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117268), [@tnqn](https://github.com/tnqn)) [SIG Apps and Network]
- Revert kubelet prober metrics `pod` tag to include actual pod name ([#118549](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118549), [@a7i](https://github.com/a7i)) [SIG Node]