## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Changed `kubectl version` default output to be identical to what `kubectl version --short` printed,
  and removed `--short` flag entirely. ([#116720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116720), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

#### Apps

- Hyperkube short aliases have been removed from source code, because hyperkube docker image currently creates these aliases. ([#76953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76953), [@Rand01ph](https://github.com/Rand01ph))

#### Auth

* Stability: Make Pod delete event handling of scheduler more robust. ([#58712](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58712), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))* Allow scheduler set AlwaysCheckAllPredicates, short circuit all predicates if one predicate fails can greatly improve the scheduling performance. ([#56926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56926), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- The Job controller now creates pods in batches instead of all at once. ([#49142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49142), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith)).

- Short `.spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds` is properly applied to a Job. ([#48545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48454), [@weiwei4](https://github.com/weiwei04)).


#### CLI Changes

### AWS

- Fixed bug in `TopologyManager`...

were rapidly scheduled after other pods were reported as complete in the API. The Kubelet now waits to report the phase of a pod as terminal in the API until all running containers are guaranteed to have stopped and no new containers can be started.  Short-lived pods may take slightly longer (~1s) to report Succeeded or Failed after this change. ([#108723](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108723), [@bobbypage](https://github.com/bobbypage)) [SIG Apps, Node and Testing]

## Dependencies...

### **Networking**
#### Network Policy
* [stable] [NetworkPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/) promoted to GA.
  * Additionally adds short name "netpol" for networkpolicies ([#42241](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42241), [@xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))


#### Load Balancing

- Fixed prerelease lifecycle for `PodCertificateRequest`. ([#133350](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133350), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))