* - kubeadm now supports "ci/latest-1.8" or "ci-cross/latest-1.8" and similar labels. ([#49119](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49119), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))
* kubeadm: Adds dry-run support for kubeadm using the `--dry-run` option ([#50631](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/50631), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

  
  - 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.

* Disable anonymous auth on kubelet ([#41919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41919), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))
* Fix shebangs in charm actions to use python3 ([#42058](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42058), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))

* Webhook added to the API server which omits structured audit log events. ([#45919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45919), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

* validate if default and defaultRequest match when creating LimitRange for GPU and hugepages. ([#54919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54919), [@tianshapjq](https://github.com/tianshapjq))
* Add extra-args configs to kubernetes-worker charm ([#55334](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55334), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))

release [Prevents deletion of Persistent Volume Claims that are used by a pod](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/498) and [Persistent Volumes that are bound to a Persistent Volume Claim](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/499), making it impossible to delete storage that is in use by a pod.

This release also includes [Topology Aware Volume Scheduling](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/490) for local persistent volumes, the stable release of [Detailed...

* StorageObjectInUseProtection is now GA ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/498)) and ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/499))

#### Graduated to Beta

* Supporting out-of-tree/external cloud providers is now considered beta ([ref](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/88))