- Promoted `ServiceNodePortStaticSubrange` to stable and lock to default. ([#120233](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120233), [@xuzhenglun](https://github.com/xuzhenglun))
- Promoted plugin subcommand resolution feature to `beta`. ([#120663](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120663), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

* Advanced audit allows logging failed login attempts.
 ([#51119](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51119), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- `kubectl auth reconcile` now outputs details about what changes are being made ([#71564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71564), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Added Kustomize as a subcommand in kubectl ([#73033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73033), [@Liujingfang1](https://github.com/Liujingfang1))

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

- The  command line option  --cri-socket-path of the kubeadm subcommand "kubeadm config images pull" has been renamed to --cri-socket to be consistent with the rest of kubeadm subcommands.

  * New commands

    * Add `kubectl config rename-context` ([#46114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46114), [@arthur0](https://github.com/arthur0))

    * Add `kubectl apply edit-last-applied` subcommand ([#42256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42256), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

  * Strategic Merge Patch

- Enable external plugins can be used as subcommands for kubectl create command if subcommand does not exist as builtin only when KUBECTL_ENABLE_CMD_SHADOW environment variable is exported. ([#116293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116293), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

  * Fixes issue that caused apply to revert changes made by edit

#### Bug fixes
* Fixed --save-config in create subcommand to save the annotation ([#40289](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40289), [@xilabao](https://github.com/xilabao))

*   Added --raw to kubectl create to POST using the normal transport. ([#54245](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54245),[ @deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))
*   Added kubectl `create priorityclass` subcommand ([#54858](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54858),[ @wackxu](https://github.com/wackxu))

- Added `get-users` and `delete-user` to the `kubectl config` subcommand ([#89840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89840), [@eddiezane](https://github.com/eddiezane)) [SIG CLI]