- [What’s New (Major Themes)](#whats-new-major-themes)
    - [Kubernetes Topology Manager Moves to Beta - Align Up!](#kubernetes-topology-manager-moves-to-beta---align-up)
    - [Serverside Apply - Beta 2](#serverside-apply---beta-2)
    - [Extending Ingress with and replacing a deprecated annotation with IngressClass](#extending-ingress-with-and-replacing-a-deprecated-annotation-with-ingressclass)

#### Updates to apply
* New command `apply set-last-applied` *updates the applied-applied-configuration annotation* ([#41694](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41694), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

- Fixed bugs in handling of server-side apply, create, and update API requests for objects containing duplicate items in keyed lists.
  - A `create` or `update` API request with duplicate items in a keyed list no longer wipes out managedFields. Examples include env var entries with the same name, or port entries with the same containerPort in a pod spec.

- : `kubeadm upgrade apply` now supports phase sub-command, users can use `kubeadm upgrade apply phase <phase-name>` to execute the specified phase, or use `kubeadm upgrade apply --skip-phases <phase-names>` to skip some phases during cluster upgrade. ([#126032](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126032), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))...

accurately and efficiently track set membership across `apply` operations. The format used for `ApplySet` is set out in  [KEP 3659](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3659) as a low-level specification.  Other tools in the ecosystem can also build on this specification for improved interoperability.  To try the ApplySet-based pruning alpha, set `KUBECTL_APPLYSET=true` and use the flags `--prune --applyset=secret-name` with `kubectl apply`. ([#116205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116205),...

### Server-side Apply graduates to GA

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- Resolve regression in metadata.managedFields handling in create/update/patch requests not using server-side apply ([#91794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91794), [@apelisse](https://github.com/apelisse)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- Added flag `--include-uninitialized` to `kubectl annotate`, `apply`, `edit-last-applied`,
  `delete`, `describe`, `edit`, `get`, `label,` and `set`. `--include-uninitialized=true` makes
  kubectl commands apply to uninitialized objects, which by default are ignored
  if the names of the objects are not provided. `--all` also makes kubectl
  commands apply to uninitialized objects. See the

* Add flag "--include-uninitialized" to kubectl annotate, apply, edit-last-applied, delete, describe, edit, get, label, set. "--include-uninitialized=true" makes kubectl commands apply to uninitialized objects, which by default are ignored if the names of the objects are not provided. "--all" also makes kubectl commands apply to uninitialized objects. Please see the [initializer](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/extensible-admission-controllers/)...