- The flag `--experimental-patches` is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can migrate to using the new flag `--patches`. Add a new field `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory` that can be used for the same purpose. For `init` and `join` it is now recommended that you migrate to configure patches via `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches.directory`. For the time being, these flags can be mixed with `--config`, but that...

### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated flag `--experimental-patches` for the `init|join|upgrade` commands. The flag `--patches` is no longer allowed in a mixture with the flag `--config`. Please use the kubeadm configuration for setting patches for a node using `{Init|Join}Configuration.patches`. ([#104065](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104065), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

  
  - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/4911: Drop support for a very old, legacy style of patches. patches used to be allowed to be used as an alias for patchesStrategicMerge in kustomize v3. You now have to use patchesStrategicMerge explicitly, or update to the new syntax supported by patches. See examples in the PR description of https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/4911.

- Fixed a `v1.28` regression handling negative index json patches. ([#120327](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120327), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

  # Used by Calico for policy information.
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources:
      - pods
      - namespaces
      - serviceaccounts
    verbs:
      - list
      - watch
  # The CNI plugin patches pods/status.
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources:
      - pods/status
    verbs:
      - patch
  # Calico monitors various CRDs for config.
  - apiGroups: ["crd.projectcalico.org"]
    resources:

- Kubeadm: enhanced the "patches" functionality to be able to patch kubelet config files containing `v1beta1.KubeletConfiguration`. The new patch target is called `kubeletconfiguration` (e.g. patch file `kubeletconfiguration+json.json`).This makes it possible to apply node specific...

- Patches a leak of a discovery document that would occur when an Aggregated APIService changed its Spec.Service field and did not change it back. ([#123517](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123517), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree)) [SIG...

## Changelog since v1.8.13

### Other notable changes

* Bump version of prometheus-to-sd to 0.2.6 to decrease log noise and include latest security patches. ([#64963](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64963), [@loburm](https://github.com/loburm))

- Fixes a 1.28 regression handling negative index json patches ([#120329](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120329), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]