* The server
 * component may a traditional NetBIOS name, a DNS name, or IP
 * address. These name resolution mechanisms and their resolution order
 * can be changed (See <a href="../../../resolver.html">Setting Name
 * Resolution Properties</a>). The servername and path components are
 * not case sensitive but the domain, username, and password components
 * are. It is also likely that properties must be specified for jcifs

 * The server
 * component may a traditional NetBIOS name, a DNS name, or IP
 * address. These name resolution mechanisms and their resolution order
 * can be changed (See <a href="../../../resolver.html">Setting Name
 * Resolution Properties</a>). The servername and path components are
 * not case sensitive but the domain, username, and password components
 * are. It is also likely that properties must be specified for jcifs.smb1

- If upgrading Cluster Federation components from 1.3.x, please ensure your cluster name is a valid DNS label (#30956, @nikhiljindal)
- kubelet's `--config` flag has been deprecated, use `--pod-manifest-path` instead (#29999, @mtaufen)

- The scheduler now clears the `nominatedNodeName` field for Pods upon scheduling or binding failure. External components, such as Cluster Autoscaler and Karpenter, should not overwrite this field. ([#135007](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135007), [@ania-borowiec](https://github.com/ania-borowiec)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

## Changelog since v1.5.5

### Other notable changes

* kube-up (with gce/gci and gce/coreos providers) now ensures the authentication token file contains correct tokens for the control plane components, even if the file already exists (ensures upgrades and downgrades work successfully) ([#43676](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43676), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

            are copied to the path specified by {@code targetPath} with the exact same directory structure.
            It is user's responsibility to put module and version components in the {@code targetPath} if needed.</p>

            <p>Note that for Java source files, a directory with the module name may still be generated despite