- Removed the generally available feature gate `ExpandedDNSConfig`.
   ([#122086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122086), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))
- Removed the generally available feature gate `KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable`.
   ([#122138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122138), [@ii2day](https://github.com/ii2day))
- Removed the generally available feature gate `KubeletPodResources`.

- When the kubelet fails to assign CPUs to a Pod because there less available CPUs than the Pod requests, the error message changed from
  `not enough cpus available to satisfy request` to `not enough cpus available to satisfy request: <num_requested> requested, only <num_available> available`. ([#121059](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121059), [@matte21](https://github.com/matte21))

### Container Images

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures

    - [Signing Release Artifacts](#signing-release-artifacts)
    - [OpenAPI v3](#openapi-v3)
    - [Storage Capacity and Volume Expansion Are Generally Available](#storage-capacity-and-volume-expansion-are-generally-available)
    - [NonPreemptingPriority to Stable](#nonpreemptingpriority-to-stable)
    - [Storage Plugin Migration](#storage-plugin-migration)

  optional int32 replicas = 1;

  // Minimum number of seconds for which a newly created pod should be ready
  // without any of its container crashing, for it to be considered available.
  // Defaults to 0 (pod will be considered available as soon as it is ready)
  // +optional
  optional int32 minReadySeconds = 4;

  // Selector is a label query over pods that should match the Replicas count.

    - `apiserver_flowcontrol_lower_limit_seats`: Configured lower bound on number of execution seats available to each priority level
    - `apiserver_flowcontrol_upper_limit_seats`: Configured upper bound on number of execution seats available to each priority level

- Removed generally available feature gate `CSINodeExpandSecret`. ([#124462](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124462), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed generally available feature gate `ConsistentHTTPGetHandlers`. ([#124463](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124463), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

### Container Images

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures

### Container Images

All container images are available as manifest lists and support the described
architectures. It is also possible to pull a specific architecture directly by
adding the "-$ARCH" suffix  to the container image name.

name | architectures

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Make STS available replicas optional again, ([#109241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109241), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]