- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DelegateFSGroupToCSIDriver`. ([#117655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117655), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DevicePlugins`. ([#117656](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117656), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

- Removed feature gate `SetHostnameAsFQDN`. ([#108038](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108038), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))
- Removed kube-scheduler insecure flags. You can use `--bind-address` and `--secure-port` instead. ([#106865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106865), [@jonyhy96](https://github.com/jonyhy96))

- Removed the recently re-introduced schedulability predicate ([#109706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109706)) as to not have unschedulable nodes removed from load balancers back-end pools. ([#111691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111691), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

- Removed ephemeral container legacy server support for the server versions prior to `1.22`. ([#119537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119537), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))
- Removed the `CronJobTimeZone` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)
  - Removed the `JobMutableNodeSchedulingDirectives` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)

- Removed the GA feature gate `RemoveSelfLink`.
   ([#122468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122468), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed the generally available feature gate `ExpandedDNSConfig`.
   ([#122086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122086), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))

- Kubeadm: removed the `UnversionedKubeletConfigMap` feature gate. The feature has been GA and locked to enabled since `v1.25`. ([#113448](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/113448), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

    - [API Change](#api-change)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.27.14](#v12714)
  - [Downloads for v1.27.14](#downloads-for-v12714)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)

* The following deprecated flags were removed from `kubelet`:

  * `api-servers` - add apiserver addresses to the kubeconfig file instead.

  Don't use these flags. Using deprecated flags causes the kubelet to print a warning. Using a removed flag causes the kubelet to abort the startup.

        "properties": {
          "args": {

// scheduling guarantees, and they will not be restarted when they exit or when a Pod is
// removed or restarted. The kubelet may evict a Pod if an ephemeral container causes the
// Pod to exceed its resource allocation.
//
// To add an ephemeral container, use the ephemeralcontainers subresource of an existing
// Pod. Ephemeral containers may not be removed or restarted.
message EphemeralContainer {