### **Node**

*   The kubelet `--network-plugin-dir` flag is removed. This flag was deprecated in version 1.7, and is replaced with `--cni-bin-dir`. ([#53564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53564),[ @supereagle](https://github.com/supereagle))

StreamingProxyRedirects feature and `--redirect-container-streaming` flag are deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. The default behavior (proxy streaming requests through the kubelet) will be the only supported option. If you are setting `--redirect-container-streaming=true`, then you must migrate off this configuration. The flag will no longer be able to be enabled starting in v1.20. If you are not setting the flag, no action is necessary. ([#88290](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

- Kubeadm: add the deprecated flag --port=0 to kube-controller-manager and kube-scheduler manifests to disable insecure serving. Without this flag the components by default serve (e.g. /metrics) insecurely on the default node interface (controlled by --address). Users that wish to override this behavior and enable insecure serving can pass...

     `--horizontal-pod-autoscaler-use-rest-clients` flag to `true`.

   - In version 1.9, this behavior will be enabled by default, and must be explicitly
     disabled by setting the `--horizontal-pod-autoscaler-use-rest-clients` flag to `false`.

### Cluster Lifecycle

- The `auto-detect` behavior of the kubelet's `--cloud-provider` flag is deprecated.

- The new flag `--chunk-size=SIZE` for `kubectl drain` has been promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This flag  may be used to alter the number of items or disable this feature when `0` is passed. ([#100148](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100148), [@KnVerey](https://github.com/KnVerey))

- Kubeadm: remove the `--port` flag from the manifest for the `kube-controller-manager` since the flag has been a NO-OP since 1.22 and insecure serving was removed for the component. ([#104157](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104157), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42))

* The deprecated `--service-account-private-key-file` flag has been removed from the cloud-controller-manager. The flag is still present and supported in the kube-controller-manager. ([#65182](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65182), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

## Changelog since v1.7.0

### Other notable changes

* Added new flag to `kubeadm init`: --node-name, that lets you specify the name of the Node object that will be created ([#48594](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48594), [@GheRivero](https://github.com/GheRivero))

- `kube-apiserver`: added `--authorization-config` flag for reading a configuration file containing an `apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1 AuthorizationConfiguration` object. The `--authorization-config` flag is mutually exclusive with `--authorization-modes` and `--authorization-webhook-*` flags. The `alpha` `StructuredAuthorizationConfiguration` feature flag must be enabled for `--authorization-config` to be specified. ([#120154](https://github.com/kub...

 - Kubelet flag `--keep-terminated-pod-volumes` was removed.  This flag was deprecated in 2017. ([#122082](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122082), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Apps, Node, Storage and Testing]