- ServiceAccount metadata.annotations[kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets]: deprecated since v1.32; no removal deadline. Prefer separate namespaces to isolate access to mounted secrets. ([#128396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128396), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI and Testing]

### API Change

*   Improve resilience by annotating kube-dns addon with podAntiAffinity to prefer scheduling on different nodes. ([#52193](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52193),[ @StevenACoffman](https://github.com/StevenACoffman))

- The prefer nominated node graduates to Beta and enabld by default. ([#102201](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102201), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave))

- Added a `--topology-manager-policy-options` flag to the kubelet to support fine tuning the topology manager policies. The first policy option, `prefer-closest-numa-nodes`, allows these policies to favor sets of NUMA nodes with shorter distance between nodes when making admission decisions. ([#112914](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112914), [@PiotrProkop](https://github.com/PiotrProkop))...

Distributions or administrators of Kubernetes may want to control that new Service CIDRs added to the cluster do not overlap with other networks on the cluster, that only belong to a specific range of IPs. Administrators may also prefer to retain the existing behavior of only having one ServiceCIDR per cluster. You can use `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` to achieve this. ([#128971](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128971), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea)) [SIG Apps, Architecture,...

[soft-reserve a range for static IP address assignments](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#service-ip-static-sub-range)
to Services.
With the manual enablement of this feature, the cluster will prefer automatic assignment from
the pool of Service IP addresses thereby reducing the risk of collision.

A Service `ClusterIP` can be assigned:

  * Plugins

      * Introduces the ability to extend kubectl by adding third-party plugins. Developer preview, please refer to the documentation for instructions about how to use it. ([#37499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37499), [@fabianofranz](https://github.com/fabianofranz))

- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated "kubeadm alpha kubelet config enable-dynamic" command. To continue using the feature please defer to the guide for "Dynamic Kubelet Configuration" at k8s.io. This change also removes...

- Systems running `iptables` 1.8.0 or newer should start it in legacy mode. Please note that this affects all versions of Kubernetes and not only v1.16.0. For more detailed information about the issue and how to apply a workaround, please refer to the official documentation
- Generating informers for packages in directories containing dots in their name is broken. This will be fixed in v1.16.1. ([#82860](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/82860))

### OpenStack

- The `openstack-heat` provider for `kube-up` is deprecated and will be removed
  in a future release. Refer to Issue [#49213](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/49213)
  for background information.

### Scheduling

  - Opaque Integer Resources (OIRs) are deprecated and will be removed in