- 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))

- Feature-gate VolumeSubpath has been deprecated and cannot be disabled. It will be completely removed in 1.25 (#105474, @mauriciopoppe) [SIG Storage]
- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated / NO-OP phase "update-cluster-status" in "kubeadm reset" (#105888, @neolit123) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- The GA TokenRequest and TokenRequestProjection feature gates have been removed and are unconditionally enabled. Remove explicit use of those feature gates in CLI invocations. ([#97148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97148),...

 - The `CSIMigrationVSphereComplete` feature flag is removed. `InTreePluginvSphereUnregister` will be the way moving forward. ([#...

- Kubeadm: remove the usage of the --container-runtime=remote flag for the kubelet during kubeadm init/join/upgrade. The flag value "remote" has been the only possible value since dockershim was removed from the kubelet. ([#112...

  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind)
    - [Feature](#feature)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.27.12](#v12712)
  - [Downloads for v1.27.12](#downloads-for-v12712)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)

- 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)

* 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.